Pilot was speaking at the National Students’ Union of India’s (NSUI’s) march under the ‘Save Aravalli – Save the Future’ campaign. If the Aravallis is destroyed, the desert could expand up to Delhi,” he claimed. An “Aravalli Range” is defined as a collection of two or more such hills located within 500 metres of each other. “According to FSI data, there are 1.18 lakh hills in the Aravalli range below 100 metres, while only 1,048 hills are above 100 metres. He said that the "mining mafia" was openly looting public resources and destroying the Aravalli hills, with little concern for the environment.

Source: The Telegraph December 26, 2025 12:30 UTC