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Sign the Petition requesting The Honble Minister of State for Environment
and Forests (I/C) to maintain the moratorium on issuing further
environmental clearances for mining activities in Goa
http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php
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http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2010/04/3519
So why are they ravaging the pristine landscape of fruits, crops,
springs and waterfallS in the Western Ghats, violating every law of the
land? And who will smash this perverse nexus of politicians,
administrators and mining companies?
Hartman de Souza Asniye (Maharashtra) and Margao (Goa)
While a ridiculous debate - whether mining in Goa is legal or not -
continues, and mining magnates and their close friends in the
government and administration bulldoze Goans into believing that
destroying forests, water and selling the mud beneath to China is in
their best interest, spare a thought for 14 villages just across the
border in neighbouring Maharashtra.
Click on the link at the top to read the whole article.
samir
