The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) constituted by the Goa Legislative Assembly will now probe into the increasing illegal mining activities, carried out at the cost of forest cover in state’s iron-ore rich rural belt.

The Committee has begun an exercise to study the data submitted by State Forests and State Mines and Geology Departments to pinpoint the exact amount of plundering of ore resources in the state’s remote talukas.

A mining firm alleged to be violating environmental norms near Netravali wildlife sanctuary told the state government today that they have been extracting the ore to the permitted capacity.
Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) was informed by M/s A X Poi Palondicar mining firm that they have not exceeded the capacity of manganese ore and they are extracting only that much quantity as permitt

Yet another case of illegal iron-ore mining in a wildlife sanctuary has come under the scanner in Goa.

State government has initiated inquiry into alleged mining operation near Netravali wildlife sanctuary, which has been going on despite Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) rejecting permission for the same.
National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) standing committee last month had directed Goa chief Wildlife Warden to stop a mine of M/s A X Poi Palondicar which is operating near Netravali Wildlife

National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) standing committee has asked Goa chief wildlife warden to stop a mine of M/s A X Poi Palondicar which is operating near Netravali Wildlife sanctuary.

Deputy Inspector General Prakriti Srivastava in a letter to Goa Government on November 23 has asked the State to submit the status report on this mine, which according to them, is operational in full swing since

A South Goa iron ore mining project cleared back in September 2007 by the Environment Ministry has been put on hold following an intervention of the National Environment Appellate Authority, New Delhi.

The National Board for Wild Life

State government report stops short of taking action a government inspection of 48 mines in Goa found 35 of them operating without a lease. Some of them did not have mandatory clearances. A committee chaired by the state