Karnal/Rohtak, Dec. 30 -- Haryana Congress state president Rao Narender Singh on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to stay its November judgment related to the Aravalli hills and to constitute a new committee to conduct a fresh survey of the region.

Speaking to the media at the Congress office in Karnal, Singh said the party's central leadership had taken up the issue seriously with all stakeholders and expressed faith in the judiciary. He said the earlier order would have affected three parliamentary constituencies, 27 assembly segments and eight districts of Haryana.

"We had planned large programmes and held discussions with Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda and central leaders, but we were awaiting this hearing. T...