chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said that the
Goa government will file FIR against the former chief minister Digambar kamat, pratapsingh rane, former mines director arvind lolienkar and
other officials connected with the mines
department in connection with the illegal mining activities.
Justice M B
Shah Commission has said that all 90 mines operating in Goa are illegal as they
are not only functioning without the mandatory permission of National Board of
Wildlife, but in violation of Supreme Court orders too.The Commission has pointed out that politicians and
bureaucrats have connived to allow such illegalities in which all the 90 mines
which were operational as on December 2011 were without approval of standing
committee of National Board of Wildlife and was a clear violation of order
passed by the Supreme Court and also some specific conditions stipulated by the
Ministry of Environment and Forests..
The Commission has recommended that mines, which are running
without approval should be stopped and the money should be recovered at the
rate of export price or market price whichever is applicable.
Mr Parrikar stated that since the bureau of
mines and the ministry of environment and forests were also involved in
the issue, he did not expect anything positive from those who were themselves involved in
the illegal mining activity
the decision is welcomed by common man, but the real question is that the culprits will be punished or not, as it is normal in India to see long inquiries, but finally political goons manage to escape from clutches of Law
