PANJIM: Villagers have submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar requesting him “to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the land and to adhere to the spirit of the Supreme Court’s decision.”
They also demanded that the rights of the poor and small truck owners who were denied sustenance by the present contract system be protected and ensure that all loading, weighing and transportation is carried out by villagers directly.
The villagers have called for doing away with contractors or other middle man, and upholding the doctrine of equality and larger public good. The same memorandum was also submitted to the department of mines.
According to the villagers, when they went to the office of the lease holder located within the lease area they were told by the employees of Minescape Minerals that the government had auctioned the ore lying inside the lease boundaries to Sudar Industries Ltd by e-auction under Supreme Court orders.
