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Reports just received:
A month after mining terrorists with political links used Government
machinery to arrest 8 persons including an 85 year old grand mother, a 9
year old child, her mother and their help in Quepem. Terror has been
unleashed once again in Colomba when over 100 villagers and their supporters
including Durgadas Gaokar of GAKUVED have been arrested by Quepem police.
The villagers maintain that they had submitted a memorandum to the Chief
Secretary and other authorities recently pointing out the fact that the
mining terrorists have been illegally and fraudulently carrying out mining
activities in Colomba.
The Chief Secretary, had been asked act urgently to stop the theft which was
affecting their livelihoods, he was warned that in the event of his failure,
the villagers had no other option but to personally protect their
livelihoods.
This morning the villagers assembled at the site demanding that the culprits
who where destroying their lands, but in a turn of events the mining mafia
has once again used Government machinery and arrested the peace loving
villagers of Colomba.
From: sebastian Rodrigues
Goa today is battling mining industry. People from all over Goa have
gathered in Colamb village of Sanguem Taluka in solidarity with the local
villagers. According to the reports received at 12.50 pm Fomentos are forced
to close down the mining activities today morning.
