The iron ore mining lease belonging to Geetabala Parulekar (currently operated by Fomento), located on the forest land, has been granted an Environment Clearance (EC) by the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) to undertake fresh mining activities. The EC had been kept in abeyance pending forest clearance (FC) from the chief wildlife warden.
Parulekar, along with two other mining leases – Damodar Mangalji and V G Quenim – has now applied for Consent to Operate before the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB). The EC limit of these three mines is fixed at 1.2 million tonnes. All the leases are part of the 88 mines which were granted second renewal under section 8(3) of the Mines and Minerals Development Regulation (MMDR) Act 1957.
Parulekar, having 87.55 hectare in forest land has been allowed fresh extraction up to 0.924 million tonnes on pro rata basis by the Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG).
Speaking to Herald, GSPCB chairman Jose Manuel Noronha confirmed that the Board has received three more applications for consent. “The applications will be placed before the Board members during its next meeting,” he said..............Read more
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