The Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar on 20 July 2013 announced
that the State Government has decided to withdraw the suspension order
of mining leases in the state. The suspension order would be withdrawn
in a phased manner on a case-to-case basis.
The Chief Minister
also cleared that the even though the state government withdraws the
suspension order of mining activities, the mines will become operational
only after the Supreme Court lifts the ban and Union Ministry of
Environment and Forest (MoEF) provides environmental clearance for the
mining leases. Although, he also informed that the Directorate of Mines
and Geology (DoM&G) had verified the documents of 24 to 30 mines and
decided to withdraw the suspension order.
The suspension order
of all mining activities was issued by Goa government on 9 September
2013 following the report of the Justice (retired) M B Shah commission
that exposed illegal mining and irregularities in the renewal of mining
leases in the state. The commission recommended the action
The
Supreme Court also imposed a temporary ban on the extraction and export
of the ore from the state after the State Government and asked a central
empowered committee to probe the charges of illegality into the mining
activities.
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