India’s minister for the environment and forests, Jairam Ramesh, has told the Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat that the ministry has “imposed a moratorium on consideration of mining proposals for environmental clearance… till the mineral policy for the state of Goa is finalised.”
Ramesh has also called for a comprehensive environmental impact assessment of current mining activities and for those which permissions have been given over the last few years. The Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute is to carry out the study.
There are about 100 operational iro -ore and manganese ore mines in Goa’s hinterland which export nearly 33 million tons of ore annually.
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