The opposition to mining activity in Colomba and Rivona Village of
Sanguem/Quepem is going on stronger and stronger as in the regular gram sabha
held today the villagers unanimously passed a resolution opposing any mine on
the hillock Bargally under survey No.165,64 and 63 of colomba village, new mine
in any part of Rivona village or reviving the work in those mines which are
already abandon.
At the time of passing the resolution there was an exchange of words from the
group supporting the mining activity and those opposing the mining activity. As
the group supporting the mining activity seems to be in minority. Anticipating
that the resolution opposing new mining activity will be passed, the group
supporting mining activity went out of the hall, that to no before exchanging
word and abusing each other which continued outside the hall.
Meantime somebody informed the Quepem police, police immediately rushed to
the site. If police would have not reached both group would have clashed with
each other.
It may be recalled there was a move to start a new mine on the hillock
Bargalle situated at Colomba in which a Cabinet minister from the Digamber
Kamat government is also involved. That on the said hillock where the new
mine is proposed there is a Chapel dedicated to St. Francis Xavier, a
crematorium and a cemetery, surrounding of which there are residential houses
and paddy fields . At a distance of around 300 mts there is also a Government
high school and a primary school. Recently the villagers held a meeting
opposing the mining activity on the Bargally Hillock.
Later addressing the gram sabha the Sarpanch Smt. Mansi Naik assured the
villagers that she is with the villagers in opposing the mining activity in the
village.
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