The Aravalli hills are shaken with the sound of machinery

A 2-billion-year-old range has been battered and bruised by mining, waste dumping, and encroachment, say environmentalists and those who live in its shadow. The Supreme Court order accepting the changed definition of the Aravalli hills caused further worry, though it has since been stayed. Ishita Mishra reports on the people living in the foothills, who believe that decisions about the Aravallis should involve and benefit communities