Panaji: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered that the notification served by the authority of the GOO (Goa-Seiaa) environmental impact assessment after a voluntary organization challenges the permits provided by the authority that allows the extraction of sand in Chapora.
Goa-sieaa has been given until 9 February 2022 responded.
“The command that was revealed (by Goa-seiaa) did refer to the command of the Indian Supreme Court in the case of Deepak Kumar and the commands passed by this court and also EIA notifications, 2006 (as changed to date) and changed to date) and changed ., does not say anything about the assessment of compliance with EIA notifications words and appearance.
In the same light, the courts tend to entertain this appeal, “said tribunal.
The co-protective network of the Goa River, functions under the Goa Foundation, approaches the court to the command of Goa-Seiaa which states that ‘there is no appropriate thought application before according to environmental permission and therefore crunching’.
Goa-seiaa has agreed to a sand mine in the four stretch of the Chapora River at the meeting held on October 5, 2021.
Extraction in four zones, where activities have been approved, only the manual method must be done, Goa.
-Siaga said.
To start, sand extraction in these four zones will only be taken at a capacity of 50% for the first 3 years.
Capacity, after that, it will be decided after this three-year period ends, Goa-seiaa has stated.
Under the rules of the Minor Goa minor concession, 1985, permission for sand extraction is given every year.
But after CRZ 2011 notification was issued, giving permission for sand extraction was stopped from 2011-12 and so on.
Two different committees under two district collectors were formed by the State Department of Environment to give permission to extract sand.
In August 2013, several Mandovi stretches, Chapora and Tiracol were identified for the extraction of sand.
In 2017-18, 323 permits in North Goa and 11 in South Goa were issued or updated and valid until May 2018.