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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | All Goa iron ore mines lose green clearance -Murari Shetye

All Goa iron ore mines lose green clearance -Murari Shetye

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published Published on Sep 13, 2012   modified Modified on Sep 13, 2012
-The Times of India

PANAJI: Following the adverse report by the Shah commission on illegal mining in Goa, the Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Wednesday announced the suspension of environment clearances given to all 93 functional mining leases in the state.

The orders came a day after TOI's story on how the central government had given illegal clearances to Goa's iron ore mines even under PM Manmohan Singh's watch between 2007 and 2009 as environment and forests minister. The commission had noted that the central ministry had overlooked its own regulations to give miners an easy clearance route while state and other central government officials had ignored rampant illegal mining over more than half a decade.

With the suspension of clearances under the Environment Protection Act, Congress also upstaged BJP's state government. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar had two days ago suspended all mining operations and ordered an evaluation of all the documents at the state level. With this order the UPA also ensured that the mines would not be re-opened without a clean chit from the Centre.

Making this announcement at a press conference in Panaji, Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan said, "I am the minister for environment. My mandate is to protect the environment and therefore I am taking action under my mandate. As and when we find any illegality, the law will take it own course.''

The MoEF move came as a major setback to the mining industry, particularly the majors, since they were hoping to get clearances from the state government after showing their documents as per state government order. In what could further hit the mining barons of Goa, sources informed, the Union environment ministry was actively looking into whether it could prevent the already extracted illegal ore from being traded — something that the state government permitted in its order.

Natarajan said that the MoEF has issued notices to 50 mining companies on Tuesday night to stop dump handling till they get the environment clearance.

The Times of India, 13 September, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/All-Goa-iron-ore-mines-lose-green-clearance/articleshow/16374836.cms


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