Gurugram, July 2 -- Despite repeated crackdowns and court orders, illegal stone quarrying continues to plague Haryana's Aravalli belt, with the Haryana State Enforcement Bureau (HSEnB) filing another FIR in Nuh's Patharali village on June 30. Activists claim miners from neighbouring Rajasthan allegedly encroach into Haryana's territory to extract stones, threatening ecological stability in the region. According to the FIR, the latest encroachment was detected during a joint inspection on June 29. Officials from multiple departments - including assistant mining engineer Sohit Kumar, forest range officer Rakesh Kumar from Ferozepur Jhirka, ASI Rakesh Kumar of the State Enforcement Bureau, revenue officials, and panchayat representatives such as Sakeel Khan, brother of the village sarpanch - participated in the survey. The inspection team found that mining leaseholders from Rajasthan had extended their operations into the protected hilly terrain of Patharali, under Ferozepur Jhirka tehsil. The village shares a porous border with Udaylakabas in Rajasthan's Pahadi tehsil, Deeg district, allowing easy cross-border incursions. Preliminary findings linked the activity to mining lease number 698/2003, held by Pawan Kumar Jain, a resident of Ferozepur Jhirka. Officials noted that the leaseholder had neither erected proper boundary markers nor maintained the mandatory buffer zone, in violation of mining and environmental safety norms. GPS-tagged photographs of the encroachment were taken as evidence. The FIR, registered under Sections 21(1) and 303(2) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, has been assigned to ASI Rakesh Kumar for investigation. Confirming the development, Nuh deputy commissioner Vishram Kumar Meena said, "Strict action will be taken against those found violating mining laws and encroaching into Haryana's jurisdiction. We have deployed teams and intensified round-the-clock patrolling to prevent such incidents." Despite enforcement, quarrying continues. In Patharali's Rava region-where illegal blasts brought down a hillock last December-fresh explosions were reported last week. Debris spilled into farmlands, damaging crops. "This isn't just a jurisdictional lapse-it's systematic ecological vandalism happening in plain sight," said Gurugram-based activist Vaishali Rana....