SC Banned Stone Mining Here In 2002 But Mafia Strikes Back In Full Force Gurgaon: Five years after the Supreme Court banned illegal mining in the Aravalli hills in 2002, the unlawful activity has resumed in Gurgaon district, thanks to the alleged connivance of some forest officials with the mining mafia. Last week, a team of senior forest department officials found the presence of over a dozen roads leading from the mining prohibited area to the stone crushing zones, also located adjacent to the forest area. Sources said these roads have been constructed for carrying rocks on trucks from the mining area to the stone crushing zones, which according to a Haryana Pollution Control Board notification are running in violation of the law. The officials discovered that trees were cut off to pave way for the roads, a clear violation of a series of SC orders.