PANAJI: It stated that his government respected the command of the Supreme Court about the petition of the mining review, the Minister of Pramod Chairperson of Sawant on Tuesday said that after the dismissal of the review petition, the state government could now choose to auction 88 mining rented rented by the APEX court in 2018.
Next, next, He said that the state government would continue mining activities in the state through the cave mining company or by auctioning mining rentals.
“The Goa Mining Corporation Bill will be passed in the upcoming assembly session,” he said Sawant said that the government was waiting for the Supreme Court’s order before making a decision, but with the dismissal of the review petition, the state can now continue with other options to restart mining activities in the state.
“This country is serious to restart mining,” he said.
He also said that the bill related to the corporation was passed in the Assembly, the state government would quickly track the process of forming rules and regulations Sawant said that the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with mineral exploration of Corporation Ltd (MECL) would help the state find mineral reserves in the country part.
“Mecl will start working from next week and once we receive their reports, we will auction backup or operate it through corporations,” he reacted to the observation of the Supreme Court, that there was a delay in applying for a review petition, Sawant said as soon as he took over the main minister, He studied this problem and submitted a petition review in seven months.
“When I realized that there was no option except for filing a review petition, the government submitted it,” he said Sawant also crashed into the Congress because it did not renew the mining rent in 2007 when it was in power, so it created the current situation.
“When a mining company has approached the government for the second update in 2007, the congress must explain why this is not done.
If rent is updated at that time with the interests of the state, this situation will not appear today,” he said.
Meanwhile, former MP Goa South Narendra Sawaikar welcomed the announcement that the bill in a mining company would be introduced in the upcoming assembly session, by saying this was a greater interest than the resumption of mining in the state.
“I am sure the legislators, regardless of political affiliation, will support the bill,” he said in a tweet.
The government can auction 88 rent canceled by Apex Court in 2018: Goa cm
