Dears,
 
Mining below the water table by endlessly pumping our the water from the pits 
... and deep bore wells in industrial estates ... are inextricably linked to 
the sudden drying up of village wells, ponds, tanks and even the bathing ghats 
at the temple of the Earth Goddess Lairaiee at Sirigao or Shirgao on the banks 
of  Assonora river and in the lap of the Shirgao mines. The CNN-IBN team led by 
Bahar Dutt and Tridip Mondal visited Shirigao on 04 May, 2008, just days before 
the annual zatra ...and filmed the dry "Dhondd-anchi Tolli". The NEERI team has 
till December, 2008 to submit its report. Good job by Amicus Curae, Adv. Norma 
Alvares.
 
 I hope the HC extends its time to study the impact on water and dust ... the 
adversities peak in April-May each year. A survey during the monsoons will give 
the three mines a rain-washed CLEAN CHIT. The NEERI team will otherwise have to 
depend on secondary data and interviews, not always reliable in a world where 
money equals power. 
 
Mog asundi.
 
Miguel

 

 



HC for study on Shirgao pollution
17 Jun 2008, 0339 hrs IST,TNN

















PANAJI: The high court of Bombay at Goa has appointed the National 
Environmental Engineering Research Institute to examine damage to agriculture 
and water bodies in the village of Shirgao, Bicholim. The cost of the study—Rs 
25 lakh—will be shared by three mining companies. 

Earlier this year, Shirgao villagers had written to the court seeking justice 
against pollution caused by mining and the letter was taken up as a PIL. The 
villagers had pointed out that water bodies and agriculture had been affected 
due to mining, depriving them of their livelihood. The court had issued notices 
to the mining companies and to the government in the matter.A division bench 
comprising justice S A Bobde and justice R C Chavan has asked NEERI to examine 
whether the depletion in well and surface water bodies in the village is due to 
mining operations. 

                                                                                
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