Iron ore generated from Goa’s 90 plus mines should be auctioned and extraction be brought down from over 50 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes, an online petition addressed to Chief minister Manohar Parrikar demanded Monday.
The petition, seeking the protection of the state’s resources and nationalisation, went online on www.change.org Monday morning, a few days after the Justice M.B. Shah Commission alleged that there was a Rs.35,000 crore illegal mining scam in Goa. Read more
China prominently features in a probe report on illegal iron ore mining in Goa, which warns that while the eastern neighbour is gobbling up India’s iron ore reserves, the future might see a reversal of the trend.
Justice M.B. Shah Committee’s exhaustive report has pegged Goa’s mining scam at nearly Rs.35,000 crore.
“Planning and conservation of iron ore for at least 50 years is required for Goa so that future generation may not be required to import entire steel from China and likewise countries,” the report said. Read more
In blistering criticism of the Karnataka government for looking the other way when iron ore in the state was being illegally mined, transported and exported, the Supreme Court Friday ordered a CBI probe into the illegal extraction and export of 50.7 lakh tonnes of iron ore from the state’s forest areas from January 2009 to May 2010.
The apex court forest bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam, directed a CBI probe while accepting the report of its central empowered committee on environmental matters recommending the probe. Read more
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