- Livelihoods
of around 3 lakh Goans at stake as mining activity remains shut for 28 months
- Villagers accuse
26 Gram Panchayats of
Goa have approached the Supreme Court with an interlocutory application (IA)
seeking impleadment in Goa Mining Case. Populace of these 26 Villages of the
state of
Ms.Swati Gawas
Tilve, Sarpanch, Village Dharbandora said, "We all are local Goan people thus makes it
imperative that mining activities in the state should be resumed immediately.
The Consistent cry of people to resume livelihood can yield results only with
the supportive intervention of State and the Central Government. We will
not leave any stone unturned and have even approached the Hon'ble Supreme
Court. We are only praying for justice for our livelihood as we are suffering
for many years”
In the wake of the
welfare of the people, Panchayat being under the constitution, has raised and
represented the need of its people before the Supreme Court. Gram Panchayats
had come together in the past as well when mining was suspended in the State by
the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
The delegation has
accused the NGO named Goa Foundation for being responsible for stopping mining,
the source of employment for the people of
In 2014, Goa
Foundation filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the mining
activities which is one of the two pillars for the economic growth of the
state. Goa Foundation is known for filing multiple petitions against the mining
activities which is one of the two pillars for the economic growth of the
state. The present impasse of mining stoppage coupled by the lockdown of
Covid-19 which has further worsened out the situation of Goans with all
certainties of any kind of livelihood resumption.
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