PANAJI: An all-party delegation from Goa will meet PM Narendra Modi, Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar (mines) and Nitin Gadkari (highway delivery) on Monday to request the Centre for an ordinance permitting mining operations to proceed in the state after March 15.
On February 7, the apex court docket had quashed the renewal of 88 mining rentals and requested the state govt to prevent mining activities from March 15.
An all occasion meeting used to be held at the ministerial block on Thursday to seek out an amicable option to the mining issue.
In absence of leader minister Manohar Parrikar, who could also be mines minister, PWD minister Ramkrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar chaired the meeting and it used to be attended through speaker Pramod Sawant, leader of opposition Chandrakant ‘Babu’ Kavlekar, senior Congress leader Pratapsingh Rane, South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar, and ministers and MLAs from the mining belt. BJP treasurer Sanjiv Desai additionally attended the meeting, sources stated.
Dhavalikar informed reporters that an appointment has been sought with the Prime Minister. He additionally stated that the delegation is will transient the Union govt about the losses the state will face in the tournament of stoppage of mining activities in the state.
“We will publish out demands later,” Dhavalikar stated. The state would face a loss to the song of Rs three,500 crore, he stated and added that the ban will impact around 2 lakh people, at once or not directly.
Kavlekar stated that every one events have been of the consensus that mining activities must proceed after March 15 as numerous people are dependent at the business. “Mining must not prevent after March 15. This is the only request we will be able to put forward earlier than the Union govt,” Kavlekar added.
Sources stated that the state govt will request the Union govt to deliver out an ordinance to the Goa Daman and Diu Mining Concession (Abolition and Declaration as Mining Leases) Act, 1987, so that the rentals can proceed to operate after March 15.
Sources give an explanation for that they would like the federal government of India to amend the Act.
Parrikar had stated that the federal government will get a hold of a option to the mining issue inside six months. The leader minister additionally stated that even if excavation stopped after March 15, the state would e-auction the already mined ore, which might yield sufficient earnings for the present mining season ending May 31.
A senior officer in the mines department stated that of the 20 million cap on extraction of iron ore, 9 million tonne had been extracted.
On February 7, the apex court docket had quashed the renewal of 88 mining rentals and requested the state govt to prevent mining activities from March 15.
An all occasion meeting used to be held at the ministerial block on Thursday to seek out an amicable option to the mining issue.
In absence of leader minister Manohar Parrikar, who could also be mines minister, PWD minister Ramkrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar chaired the meeting and it used to be attended through speaker Pramod Sawant, leader of opposition Chandrakant ‘Babu’ Kavlekar, senior Congress leader Pratapsingh Rane, South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar, and ministers and MLAs from the mining belt. BJP treasurer Sanjiv Desai additionally attended the meeting, sources stated.
Dhavalikar informed reporters that an appointment has been sought with the Prime Minister. He additionally stated that the delegation is will transient the Union govt about the losses the state will face in the tournament of stoppage of mining activities in the state.
“We will publish out demands later,” Dhavalikar stated. The state would face a loss to the song of Rs three,500 crore, he stated and added that the ban will impact around 2 lakh people, at once or not directly.
Kavlekar stated that every one events have been of the consensus that mining activities must proceed after March 15 as numerous people are dependent at the business. “Mining must not prevent after March 15. This is the only request we will be able to put forward earlier than the Union govt,” Kavlekar added.
Sources stated that the state govt will request the Union govt to deliver out an ordinance to the Goa Daman and Diu Mining Concession (Abolition and Declaration as Mining Leases) Act, 1987, so that the rentals can proceed to operate after March 15.
Sources give an explanation for that they would like the federal government of India to amend the Act.
Parrikar had stated that the federal government will get a hold of a option to the mining issue inside six months. The leader minister additionally stated that even if excavation stopped after March 15, the state would e-auction the already mined ore, which might yield sufficient earnings for the present mining season ending May 31.
A senior officer in the mines department stated that of the 20 million cap on extraction of iron ore, 9 million tonne had been extracted.
All-party panel to meet PM Narendra Modi on mining ban
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