Country India District Mewat PIN 122508 Local time Tuesday 9:09 PM | State Haryana Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Vehicle registration HR ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | |
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Sihri or Sihiri is a small village located in Mewat district (Nuh) in the Haryana state, in India. Sihri is 5 km away from Punahana. The Village is located at the bottom of a small hill, in an area shaped like the letter "C". The literacy rate is around 55—60%. There is one government high school shared by two village, Sihri And Singalheri.The local government system, or Gram panchayat, is common to both villages. It is around 25 km away from National Highway 2, which runs from Delhi to Mathura.
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Map of Sihri, Haryana 122508
Geography and Climate
Sihri is located at . It is surrounded by a number of villages; Laharwari, Singalheri, Jaimat, Ghusinha, Jamalgarh, Luhingha and Piproli. Sihri is very close to a small river which was inaugurated by former Haryana chief minister Chaudhary Devi Lal.
In May 2009, after months of media and public protests, supported by several environmental groups, the Supreme Court banned mining in a 448 km2 area across the Faridabad, Gurgaon and Mewat districts in Haryana. Previously reserved for national park lands, the change followed an earlier judgment in 1994 which allowed limited mining on the basis of the sustainable development principle, and under strict guidelines. The court ruled that these principles had been violated by local miners.
However, there are many illegal mines in Rajasthan, some of them operating at the edges of the Sariska Tiger Reserve.