Union mines ministry informed the Supreme Court in an affidavit that there is no need to curtail iron ore production in Goa. “The apprehension that iron ore in Goa would last for a limited period is not correct, and should not be a reason for cessation or curtailing of ore production in Goa,” under secretary [...]
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has claimed that a former Congress chief minister and a cabinet minister were involved in illegal mining in the state and that they would soon be penalised. “All Congress leaders from (former chief minister) Digambar (Kamat) to (former minister) Joaquim (Alemao) are involved in illegal mining and their names will [...]
It’s not just Congress leaders who have been beneficiaries of the iron ore mining business in Goa. Affidavits filed with the Election Commission ahead of Assembly polls in 2012 have revealed that at least four sitting BJP MLAs are beneficiaries of the mining trade either as iron ore dealers or transport contractors. Nilesh Cabral, MLA [...]
Shantaram Naik M.P raising the issue of mining in Goa during zero hour in the Rajya Sabha said that the Chief Minister of Goa is defying courts by saying that even if Supreme Court directs him to start mining he will not do so. Naik said the Chief Minister of Goa in his interview given [...]
Almost every house in the vicinity of an iron ore mine in Goa’s Sanguem, Sattari and Bicholim talukas is likely to have a 10-tonne tipper truck parked in its backyard. Some have two, three or even four trucks parked. In all, there were about 25,000 such trucks serving the iron ore industry in Goa . [...]
