Team Herald
PORVORIM: The State government on Thursday said that the figure of Rs 35,000 crore of loss, projected by the M B Shah Commission report due to the illegal mining activity from 2005 till 2012, has not been correctly projected.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the House in a written reply that the “assumed figure of about Rs 35,000 crore loss is found to be not correctly projected.”
Parrikar said the state government has not yet completed the investigation of illegalities taken place during the period (2005-2012). He said that the investigation of the illegalities are being dealt with one by one.
“The report of Justice M B Shah commission has directed State Government to assess the actual loss to the State from each mine and other illegal mining based on ground realities by a team of experts in the field with latest 3D laser measurement equipment and other factors,” Parrikar said, responding to a question tabled by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavalekar.
“Such an exercise was conducted with help of DGPS survey and it was found that surface disturbance outside the lease hold area was less than 10 Ha as against 578 Ha mentioned in the Shah Commission report,” he further said.
“As such, assumed figure of about Rs 35000 crore loss, based upon such lease encroachment was found to be not correctly projected. However, the other illegal acts are being investigated on case-to-case basis,” the Chief Minister added.
The chief minister said that the Comptroller and Auditor General has not quantified loss from 88 operational leases.
