Sunday, 28 Aug 2011
PTI reported that the Goa bench of Bombay High Court has issued notices to holders of 48 mining leases in the state for exceeding the permissible limit of extraction.
Goa Foundation, an environmental NGO, has filed a Public Interest Litigation before the High Court on the issue, calling such extraction as a violation of state environmental laws.
The respondents to the PIL include some of the state’s biggest mining companies, including VS Dempo, Timblo Irmaos, VM Salgaoncar and Chowgule & Co. Besides, Court has also issued notices to Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Next hearing would be on September 19.
The state has 100 odd mining leases, which export 54 million tones of ore annually.
(Sourced from PTI)
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