After the SC order on dumps, the state Government can proceeds with dump mining and handling other dumps. What is needed to be done?
Dealing with Mineral and other Dumps
Tag: Dumps
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 …
Mining illegalities have recommenced
Mining in Goa came to a screeching halt in 2012 with the Shah Commission Report. One of the key findings was widespread illegalities. “It is pertinent to state here that such illegal act can’t happen without connivance of the politicians, bureaucrats and lessees. There is a complete collapse of the system.” It would seem that the industry hasn’t learnt. A number of illegalities have …
Why are we in the dumps?
Dumps are a huge hidden store of value, a good starting corpus for the Permanent Fund