PANJIM: BJP Legislator Vishnu Wagh Wednesday called on mine owners to share half the financial burden for compensating the people affected due to closure of mining industry in the State, questioning why State government alone should share the burden.

Speaking during the general discussion on the Budget for 2013-14, Wagh asked, “What responsibility do mine owners have towards their workers who are rendered jobless now? Let the government compensate 50 percent and the rest be done by the mining companies,” he said supporting the government’s packages to the affected people.