Aravalli Plunder: Gehlot Era Saw Massive Illegal Mining with Govt Collusion

• News18 India reveals a 2010 intelligence report exposing widespread illegal mining in Aravalli during Ashok Gehlot's tenure, with alleged government collusion.
• Despite a High Court ban, large-scale illegal mining continued in Alwar, involving a nexus of power, administration, and the mining mafia.
• Police, forest department, and administrative officials allegedly received fixed monthly payments to facilitate the illegal operations.
• 279 mining leases in Alwar were used to mask illegal mining, with legal mine owners selling transit passes for illicit material.
• Approximately 1500 dumpers daily transported illegally mined stone from Alwar to Haryana and Delhi, highlighting the massive scale of the operation.

Why It Matters: A 2010 report exposes massive illegal Aravalli mining under Gehlot, implicating officials.