After the 2018 HC judgment stopping all sand mining in Goa as the regulations weren’t followed, illegal sand mining has been flourishing. Contempt of court petitions have been filed, but even the HC orders are ignored. This seizure came after protests in Uguem (where the river has become very deep and land lost), followed by prominent press coverage and a …
Month: April 2022
Govt agrees Pissurlem illegalities
The Advocate-General agreed in the high court that the 300,000 tons of ore that was on the lease TC 95/52 (earlier with Damodar Mangalji) is illegal as there is no mining pit on the lease. The transportation of the ore had been blocked by the local villagers, who were brutally attacked by the police. Whose ore was it? Which lease …
If mining leases are auctioned, why GMDC?
The CM is reported to have said that the state government will e-auction all the mining leases — including the 88 mining leases whose second renewal was quashed by the Supreme Court — to restart mining. This raises the question of the role of the Goa Mineral Development Corporation.
SC reserved verdict on Karnataka iron ore mining
The issues are before the SC – extraction cap, mandatory e-auctions & the export ban. https://theprint.in/india/sc-reserves-verdict-on-mining-companies-pleas-to-lift-ban-on-iron-ore-export-from-karnataka/921002/