CANACONA
Alleging that the State government is involved neck-deep in promoting coal in Goa, Goa Forward Party Environment Cell Chief Vikas Bhagat said the government is not only an ‘event management government’, but also a ‘coal management government’.
“Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s promise that there will be no further increase in coal handling at Mormugao port has now been proved to be false,” said Bhagat.
Bhagat said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had said twice in November 2020 that there will be no increase in the handling of coal at this port but rather it would decrease thereafter.
“What has happened to that assurance? This double-engine government has once again proved that the central engine does not value the local engine and is driving this local engine to a non-entity. Instead of capping the coal handling, it has been increased”
‘Our (GFP) president Vijay Sardesai is calling this government an ‘event management government’. This government is not only an ‘event management government’ but also a coal management government’. Bhagat further alleged that this government is taking bad decisions due to the fact that these politicians are being pressurised by the coal lobby,” Bhagat added.
