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UPDATED: February 27, 2021 15:39 IST A piling problem: Heaps of coal at Mormugao Port Since November 2020, hundreds of villagers and flash mobs in Goa have been protesting against three major infrastructure projects in the picturesque Mollem town close to the state s border with Karnataka. They say the projects-to double a railway track, widen a national highway and build a sub-station for a power transmission line from Karnataka-will cause irreparable harm to the forests adjacent to the Mollem National Park, a 240 sq. km protected area in the Western Ghats. Environmental activists claim some 100,000 trees face the axe due to these projects. A fourth project, the 345-acre IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) campus in the ecologically sensitive Melauli area of north Goa, was moved out on January 15 after protests from locals. ....
Setting up a state government-run mineral corporation would delay the resumption of mining in Goa, a collective of mining industry dependants said on Tuesday. They demanded immediate resumption of iron ore extraction in Goa which has been . ....
State-run Mineral Corporation not feasible substitute to restart mining in Goa: GMPF State-run Corporations do not have required expertise to conduct the mining activities and the inefficiencies that will creep up in the activities of corporation will mess up the livelihood , says GMPF President Puti Gaonkar PTI | February 23, 2021 | Updated 18:11 IST Representational Image Goa Mining People s Front (GMPF) on Tuesday expressed strong reservations over the viability of mining resumption in the state via the route of government-run Mineral Corporation and stressed that it will only lead to a delay in the restart of mining activities. Mining in Goa came to a standstill in March 2018 after the Supreme Court quashed 88 mining leases. ....