The Bombay High Court at Goa recently held that Christian members of a community listed the Goa State OBC list are not entitled to reservation benefits unless the state government specifically.
PANAJI: The public hearing held on Sunday for the upgradation of blast furnace to enhance the production capacity of Vedanta’s Amona plant witnessed opposition by locals who voiced pollution concerns.
A total 309 people who had registered with the Goa State Pollution Control Board, participated in the hearing which was earlier deferred in January due to opposition.
The board received 126 written objections and 1,871 representations supporting the project, stated the minutes of the public hearing.
Among those who opposed the project included former Sakhali MLA Pratap Gauns
A villager, Vithal Naik sought to know from North Goa district collector Ajit Roy why the company officials were seated next to the panel members of the public hearing as they are not authorised to do the so as per the environment impact assessment (EIA) notification.