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BJP manifesto promises Goa Lokayukta within 100 days
Sunday February 19, 2012 04:05:33 PM,
IANS
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Panaji: The Bharatiya
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Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar told reporters during the
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He said all those facing allegations of illegal mining right from
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by the Lokayukta.
"All illegal mining cases will go to the Lokayukta. Government
documentation available will be enough to prosecute them,"
Parrikar said.
The BJP has charged the Digambar Kamat-led government of presiding
over a Rs.25,000 crore illegal mining scam and have accused
several cabinet ministers of being involved in illegal mining.
In its manifesto, which was released by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad
Sunday, the party has also called for regulation of illegal
mining.
"Legal mining needs to be regulated. Dedicated corridors to be
developed with two and a half years to ensure safer and trouble
free transportation. 60 per cent of royalty received by government
on mining will be used for infra structure, developmental
projects, agricultural and environmental revitalisation in the
areas affected by mining," the manifesto promises.
Parrikar also said the party would impose an environment cess on
mining as well as lobby with the central government to increase
the royalty share of the Goa government, which currently earns
Rs.1,200 crore in the form of royalty for 51 million tonnes of
iron ore exported annually from Goa's Mormugao Port Trust (MPT).
Illegal mining has been a major issue in Goa over the last few
years with civil society groups as well as the opposition taking
on the Congress-led coalition government for not acting against
the malaise.
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