NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP and former Delhi minister Ajay Maken on Monday demanded that the federal government withdraw the brand new definition of Aravalli with the ‘native aid’ criterion — 100-metre elevation from floor — which can show to be a catastrophe and pose danger to complete north India from turning into a mud bowl.Elevating the problem throughout zero hour within the higher Home, Makan mentioned, “The Aravalli vary stands at a essential juncture in its 2.5-billion-year historical past. It has survived the collision of continents and the erosion of centuries, but it surely now faces its most potent risk — an administrative definition.” He added that the proposed 100-meter elevation rule represents a disconnect between authorized terminology and ecological actuality, risking the dismantling of the ‘Inexperienced Wall’ that shields north India from the desert.The MP mentioned Aravalli helps water percolation. He added that as per hydrologists, the Aravalli possess a novel ‘secondary porosity’ inside their fractured rocks. Analysis signifies that this panorama has a groundwater recharge potential of roughly two million liters per hectare a yr. For districts like Gurgaon and Faridabad, these aquifers are sometimes the one supply of recent water, as shallow groundwater is regularly saline.Makan mentioned a 2018 report by the SC-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) revealed that 25% of the Aravalli vary in Rajasthan has been misplaced on account of unlawful mining because the late Nineteen Sixties. He added that inner information from the Forest Survey of India (FSI) confirmed that whereas Rajasthan homes 12,081 mapped Aravalli hills, only one,048 rise greater than 100 meters above ‘native aid’. “This suggests that 91.3% of the Aravalli hills in Rajasthan will lose their authorized recognition and safety,” Maken mentioned.