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PANAJI
Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF), a non-profit organization representing the cause of lakhs of mining workers, their families and people dependent on the trade in the State, has appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to intervene on priority in helping the resumption of mining activities in Goa by convening urgent meeting of the Group of Ministers on the issue.
The GMPF has also sought an early appointment for a delegation under leadership of CM Pramod Sawant to meet Shah so that they may present their case to him again.
It may be recalled that a meeting between Shah and GMPF was held in January this year.
Puti Gaonkar, President, GMPF, said, “It is also a matter of great hope for us to know that the Home Minister has asked the Mines Ministry to revisit the issue and come back with a positive outlook and solution. We were hoping as per information provided by the State that a follow up meeting would be held by July 31, 2019. However, no such meeting has taken place and therefore we request the the Home Minister to kindly convene a meeting of the GoMs at the earliest. We look forward to a positive decision in the said meeting to get our lives back on track.”
On July 12, this year, Shah in a high-level meeting of empowered ministers in Delhi, had directed the Mines Ministry to study the issue of Goa and come up with a recommendation. Since then, no information or intimation has been received.
The appeal seeks to prompt necessary action and bring the resolution of the issue to top priority through the topmost level intervention.
