Overview

• A CEC report submitted to the Supreme Court on May 30 shows stone extraction resumed after 2021 in the Parkup Pahar Range and has intensified along streams feeding Kaziranga.
• The committee ordered an immediate halt to all current and proposed mining in Parkup Pahar and adjacent forest catchments with no new leases to be granted.
• Assam officials have been urged to petition the Gauhati High Court to overturn two recent orders permitting contested mines that ignored the apex court’s 2019 directive.
• The Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council is accused of authorizing dozens of unapproved quarries in eco-sensitive zones and must deliver a watershed drainage analysis by October 2025.
• CEC criticized earlier lease suspensions as insufficient and directed police and forest departments to enforce the ban with quarterly compliance reports through the chief secretary.