Goa Health Minister and BJP MLA Vishwajit Rane Wednesday sought intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in resumption of mining activity, which came to a halt following a supreme court order in March this year.
Rane and a host of politicians from Goa Wednesday met mining dependents who are on a sit-in protest at the Ramleela Maidan in Delhi.
Mining, which used to be one of two major mainstays of revenue in Goa, the other being tourism, came to a halt in March this year after the apex court quashed renewal of 88 mining leases.
Around one thousand people under the banner of Goa Mining People's Front (GMPF) have been protesting at the venue since Tuesday demanding an amendment to the mining law during the ongoing winter session of Parliament to enable resumption of mining activity.
"Only an intervention by prime minister Narendra Modi will help resolving the mining issue", the minister told PTI over phone from Delhi.
"The amendment to the existing mining laws has to be made to ensure that mining resumes as early as possible", the minister said,
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