Kailash Meena, an environmental activist from North Rajasthan, pointed out that the mountain range was an important water recharge zone for the region, which is facing an acute water crisis.

"Due to excessive groundwater extraction, the water crisis in Rajasthan and Haryana has already reached a critical state. 88 per cent of the blocks in Rajasthan are categorised as critical, semi-critical or over-exploited. A recent study released in July 2024 has revealed that 16 out of 22 districts in Haryana extracted more than 100 per cent of the underground water in 2023 with Kurukshetra, Gurugram and Faridabad having extracted more than 200 per cent. The Aravallis act as a critical water recharge zone for North West India and must be saved at all cost to ensure water security of this region," he said.

"Ground water levels which have fallen to 1000-2000 feet across many of the mining areas in the 692 km Aravalli belt, negatively impacting water availability for drinking and irrigation, will fall further with more hills being mined," Meena added.

Meena further said, "With 90 per cent of the range being opened up for mining, most villages nestled in the lap of the Aravallis will be negatively impacted in a huge way. Mining in the Aravalli belt has already razed many hills across the range to the ground and along with it cattle grazing areas. Agricultural productivity has declined across the Aravalli belt in South Haryana and Rajasthan as a result of unavailability of water due to excessive mining."

Virender Mour, a coordinator of the Rajasthan Kisan Mazdoor Naujawan Sabha, said, "For the North Eastern districts of Rajasthan, especially Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli, Jaipur, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, the Aravalli mountain range is not just a landform but our lifeline for water and our livelihood as farmers are directly dependent on the good health of the range. Increasing mining in the Aravalli region and the unscientific classification of hills will result in grave environmental imbalance which will put the ecology of the entire North Eastern Rajasthan in serious danger. The biggest problem in our belt is of water shortage."