Locals have alleged that illegal sand mining activities are being carried out in the Faridabad Aravalis near Bharadwaj lake. Camels are being used to transport the sand to different areas, they said.
The Aravali hills, which are spread from Rajasthan and Haryana to Delhi, are an ecologically sensitive zone but have borne the brunt of quarrying and Environmental Degradation over several decades. This has led to the destruction of aquifers and deforestation in the region, environmentalists said.
In a 2018 report, a Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) had pointed out that around 25% of the Aravali range had been lost due to illegal mining in Rajasthan between 1967 and 1968.