Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Goa mines operating sans environmental clearance face closure
Panaji, May 3 (PTI) Around 15 mines operating in the forest areas of Goa without valid environmental clearance will have to shut their operations by the month end, officials said today.The State Legislative Assembly?s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which met at the Secretariat here, ordered the State Mines and Geology department to close these mines as they have not obtained necessary clearances from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and also from the State Forest Department.
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