Ex-Sakhli MLA wants to revive mining; Mayem farmers say they want to cultivate their land

There are opposing views on the mining issue in Bicholim taluka. While the former Sakhli MLA Pratap Gawas says mining should be revived at the earliest as people have been suffering after mining came to a halt. The farmers in Mayem however say the mining silt has flowed into their paddy fields making them uncultivable. And that they will not allow mining to re-start if their issues are not resolved.

Ex MLA of Sankhali Pratap Gawas says  the locals of the mining belt who depend on mining for their livelihood are facing acute problems. 

Secretary of Mulakh  Khazan Sangathan  of Mayem Sakaram  Pednekar says 

farmers want to revive their agricultural farms in the village. He has demanded that district mining fund be utilised to help the affected farmers.