Jaipur, Dec. 12 -- Civil society groups from Delhi-NCR, Haryana, and Rajasthan launched a campaign - 'Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyaan'- to "save the Aravalli range across the three states from being destroyed". The move came days after the Supreme Court on November 20 accepted the recommendations of a Union environment ministry panel on the definition of Aravalli Hills ostensibly to restrict mining: any landform that is at an elevation of 100m or more above the local relief will be considered as part of Aravalli Hills along with its slopes and adjacent land. The founder of the People for Aravallis, Neelam Alhuwalia, said, "This initiative comes in direct response to the Supreme Court judgment, which if implemented will wipe out North West India's barrier against desertification, critical water recharge zone, pollution sink, wildlife habitat and negatively impact food and water security for millions of people. As a broad coalition consisting of environmentalists, ecologists, community leaders, civil society groups, social activists, researchers, lawyers, rural and urban people living in the lap of the 4 Aravalli states; we chose 'International Mountain Day' to launch the 'Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyaan'." "How do you define something which is natural? Can you define Ganga's flow? Can you limit it? They are also living entities and they should be accepted in the way they are," she said. Meanwhile, Rajasthan-based climate activist, Kailash Meena, also highlighted the implications in farming and other health hazards that the latest judgment may lead to. "This judgment will enable all the illegal mining units to operate freely. Despite a proper act for carrying explosives is in place, the government barely monitors how the illegal miners keep carrying huge quantities of explosives in trucks at night. When they kill someone, that is considered as an accident only. There is yet nobody who has been arrested for damaging the environment," he said....