Opinion
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| The layers of pollution and the difficulty of farmers | | | | Dr. Vijay Garg
There has been an outcry due to the increasing level of pollution in the surrounding areas including Delhi. Sometimes Delhi’s air quality index i.e. AQI crosses the serious category and sometimes the highest temperature of the day demolishes all records. Diseases have increased significantly due to air pollution. Many times for AQAI, people start blaming the paraly burnt by farmers of Punjab, Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh almost unilaterally. The round of allegations by the state governments also starts. While not only in Delhi, but also in many other cities of the country, air pollution is very high. It is necessary to understand that blaming only farmers for greenhouse | |
| | | | The Aravallis: Protected in Spirit, Vulnerable in Law | | | | SHAHID AHMED HAKLA POONCHI
India’s oldest mountain range does not collapse overnight. It erodes quietly—first in maps, then in laws, and finally on the ground.
For more than two billion years, the Aravalli Range has stood across western and north-western India, witnessing the rise and fall of civilizations, empires and cities. Long before policy documents, courtrooms or mining leases existed, these ancient hills shaped climate, guided water, held the soil together and shielded the land from the relentless march of the Thar Desert. Today, the Aravallis find themselves fighting for survival—not against nature, but against human interpretation of law.
Stretching from Gujarat through Raj | |
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