A number of people were evacuated to safer areas as sludge entered into about 60 houses and a temple in Poira, Advalpal and Valshi in Bicholim taluka on Wednesday night.
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Wednesday directed Sesa Goa to forthwith stop dumping mining waste near Advalpal rivulet. The Division Bench comprising Justice B P Dharmadhikari and Justice U D Salvi, on pursuing the report submitted by the expert committee, issued direction to stop dumping of mining rejects immediately to contain flooding of the area and destruction of paddy fields.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Clean Water Act does not prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from allowing mining waste to be dumped into rivers, streams and other waters.
The politically-patronaged mining sector will have to mend its ways, if the State Government seriously considers the recommendation of the high level committee which went into mining operations in the State.
The committee headed by the Chief Conservator of Forests Dr Shashi Kumar had found several drawbacks in Goa
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Protesters in Peru, angry over the handling of a mercury spill, have blocked the road to one of Latin America's largest gold mines, Yanacocha, which is running low on crucial supplies, sector sources said on Wednesday.
Fourteen out of 16 mines in Sanguem are operating within one kilometer to the rivers or the Selaulim Dam, the House was informed today.
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Report on mining irregularities in Karnataka is out A mining company in Andhra Pradesh has extended its area and operations into Bellary district in Karnataka, said an investigation of mining irregularities in Karnataka. Karnataka
