Mining resolution passes, now onus on Centre
03 Aug 2018 08:15 PM
The chief minister is slated to leave for Delhi by the 7th with the sense of the house. He promised a way out of the imbroglio that mining in the state is at present by September –October.
MLA Nilesh Cabral moved resolution asked Centre to amend exisiting act. This will enable the current mining leases to remain operational upto 2037 and benefit of the 50- year tenures introduced retrospectively in 2015 to the mining concessions in Goa.
The resolution saw people from mining areas wait to enter the assembly.
The opposition leader too supported the motion, but wanted the government to take care that mining companies do not sack workers.
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