Its hard to digest yet we are forced to; for Fomento mining company, mining 
disasters are normal and a part of its trade.

A statement from Lithoferro mining company that has mining lease of collapsed 
Advalpal mine has said in Herald today that 12 benches collapse of Advalpal 
mine operated by Fomentos is internal matter of the mining company. The actual 
operation of the mine is carried with grave threat to the safety, security and 
economy of the village of Advalpal in Bicholim Taluka. The management sitting 
at 5 star hotel Cidade de Goa can hardly understand even a fraction of a threat 
to the village.

This is not the first time that the Fomentos are involved in disaster as 
policy; in June 2000 its mine - the same one on when it held Environmentalist 
Rajendra Kerker and Journalist Prerna Bindra as hostage for two hours for 
clicking photographs of the ore and released after public pressure yesterday 
evening - collapsed sending dangerous mining silt into People's houses. With 
that disaster Pissurlem was flooded and mining debris - meter thick - deposited 
in houses including in kitchens and bedrooms of Pissurlem villagers. Yet no 
debris reached to Cideade de Goa, its swimming pools are yet to witness mining 
silt.

Then in Colamb this year itself on June 12, 2008 Fomentos methodically released 
mining silt in People's agriculture supervised by its site manager and security 
officers. Fomentos achieved this disastrous feat again on August 09, 2008 by 
releasing silt into People's agriculture.

With this track record is yet to become clearer as to whom Fomentos are aiming 
to bluff. Hardly anyone in Goa is now susceptible to swallow Fomentos august 
bluff. Never mind let's wish all the best to the corporate for its bluffs; for 
cat while drinking milk from the utensil closes her eyes with the belief that 
nobody watches her. Fomentos possibly believe the same: nobody watches and 
understands its mega bluffs.

We can never let any mining company to make disasters as normal practice of 
operations. if it does so then they have no right to operate the mine. It has 
to be shut down once for all.

Sebastian Rodrigues 


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