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PANJIM: Fresh investigation by State government has revealed that as of now 14 mines are involved in various kinds of illegalities, including encroachment outside their lease areas.
According to the details tabled in the House, 14 mining lease holders are either involved in illegal extraction or encroachment outside the mining lease.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday told the house that the investigation to nail the illegalities as pointed by the Justice M B Shah Commission is under way.
However, in yet another reply, the chief minister said that the Goa cabinet is yet to accept the Justice Shah Commission report. “The commission has been constituted by central government and therefore the state government has no role in accepting the report. Though the report was placed in oarliament, it is not been put before the central cabinet,” the reply stated.
The chief minister said that that encroachment of land beyond lease areas, if any, would be clear after digital global positioning survey (DGPS) initiated by the Department of Mines and Geology is completed.
Parrikar further said that the state government took the decision to ban the mining activity in September 2012 under the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and development Act 1957).
