Tightening
the screws on the mining lease holders and traders after facing inquiry by Shah
Commission, the Goa State Mines and Geology department
has issued a circular asking them not to carry out any sort of activity at the
sites of iron ore dumps.
“It has been brought to the attention of the government by various
agencies that there is a large scale handling of mining dumps by the lease
holders or traders without permission thereby resulting into illegal extraction
or non-payment of royalty on such extraction in certain cases,” state
mines and geology director Arvind Lolienkar has said in the circular issued
recently.
The circular forwarded to all the mines and concerned authorities further reads
that the government has therefore decided not to allow any working, handling or
sale at such dumps by the lease holders or traders till a system is put in
place by the directorate.
The illegality in the iron ore export is measured depending upon the amount of
ore extracted and exported. The mining firms have been claiming that they
have not violated the maximum permissible limit of extraction and the quantum
of ore they have exported is from the dumps lying at their sites.
According to a mines official, in order to have exact idea regarding the
quantum of ore lying at the mining sites, the state government has now decided
to register each and every mound.
Source: The Economic Times
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