In what has caused concern among environment lovers, the state government has failed to utilize the "green cess" collected by it for its avowed purpose of environmental conservation and reduction o

Supreme Court ban on mining in Goa has had a domino effect on multiple trading activities, and the economic crisis gripping the state could turn for the worse, say Govind Kamat Maad and Murari Shetye

While the mining ban in Goa has helped change the red-belt into a green-belt, its impact on the socio-economic structure of the state has left a deep scar. Worst hit economically by the no-go is eastern Goa region. All the mines are concentrated in the hills of Sahyadri in Bicholim, Satari, Quepem, Sanguem and Dharbandora.