New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The National Green Tribunal has directed the Haryana government, forest authorities and pollution control boards to file their responses to allegations of mining and excavation on protected Aravalli land in Faridabad's Badkhal area.

The Principal Bench, headed by Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Expert Member Dr Afroz Ahmad, issued notices to the respondents and directed them to file their replies by way of affidavits at least one week before the next date of hearing. The matter has been listed for December 1, 2026.

The Tribunal took suo motu cognisance of a media report and stated in the order that, despite a ban on mining in the Haryana Aravalli area for more than two decades, two excavators were alle...