Nandu, I'm not sure conspiracy theories can explain the growing concern over mining in Goa today. To my mind, this concern is probably linked to two recent events (i) the shrinking grasp of the mining lobby on the print media in Goa (though it is growing in the audio-visual media) (ii) the spurt in Chinese purchases from Goa reflecting their ore-hunger.
For instance, the five-kilometre-long mining truck traffic jams in interior Goa that Pandu Lampiao spoke about (and I saw too) were probably never witnessed in the past. I can't imagine how this can continue without affecting a whole lot of people rather adversely. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 22 June 2010 16:39, Dr.Nandkumar Kamat <nandka...@gmail.com> wrote > The geopolitical and geoeconomic duplicity digest-II > Previous part contained examples of Canadian mining pollution and > suppression of data on their toxic waste from the people and Canadian NGOs > Canada has long term plans to take over mines in India through its’ powerful > MNCs and the grounds are being prepared slowly…. > An ambitious agenda has been drawn… > The Canadian crown corporation IDRC promotes Canadian mining interests > It supported a study in Nilgiris > It funded a TERI project on Goa’s mines > It is a major donor to PANOS > But those who take support from IDRC and Canada had been and continue to be > strangely silent on the havoc caused by Canadian mining in resource rich > poor countries….