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Goa to implement recommendations of Shah Commission

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Press Trust of India Panaji

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said here today that state government agreed with almost all the recommendations barring a couple where it could not accept interpretation of law by the Commission.

Goa Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG) would start implementing them after a week's time, he said.

The report puts the illegal mining turnover in Goa at Rs 35,000 crore, and blames former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and officials of DMG, Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, and Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) for not taking action.

It has recommended closing down of several mines, including 33 ones which are within one km of wildlife sanctuaries.

 

Parrikar said the state government will identify the mines which have all the permissions in place.

"In case of the rest, if there are serious illegalities, they will be stopped immediately, while in the case of others they will be given notice and heard before asking them to shut down," he said.

The state government will also verify all the permissions granted to mining leases as some of the environmental clearances (ECs) were found to be dubious. ECs are granted by MoEF.

  

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First Published: Sep 09 2012 | 4:07 AM IST

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