Team Herald
MARGAO: South Goa Member of Parliament, Francisco Sardinha on Wednesday demanded to stop the land acquisition for railway double tracking from Majorda to Vasco immediately and urged the government to resume the mining following the guidelines of Supreme Court.
“We don’t want Goa to be the coal hub, and the government should take into the consideration the people’s wishes, as double tracking has been opposed by the Goans from all corners”, said Sardinha, while addressing the media at Margao.
Congress MP alleged that the government is fooling the people by giving false promises at the time of elections pertaining to restarting mining in Goa.
“Now, the Supreme Court has already issued the guidelines with regard to the mining issue, and hence the government should resume the mining according to the law but Goans interest needs to be taken into consideration”, he stated.
The MP further said that why is the government not coming forward to scrap the Bhumiputra Adhikarni- 2021 bill when maximum panchayats have demanded to cancel it?
“The government should open its eyes and scrap the Bhumiputra Adhikarni Bill at the earliest”, he demanded.
He also demanded to release the arrears of retired teachers under the sixth and seventh pay commission, and also to release the maintenance grant for the aided schools at the earliest.
