Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar promised to revive the one time settlement scheme for mining truck and barge owners, as several legislators complained that they continue to suffer after the scheme was stopped.
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"I understand that some people were left out of the interest waiver scheme. I have spoken to SBI and other banks, it will be restarted," Parrikar said while replying to the demand for grants to the mines department. Parrikar also promised to expedite the issues of the mining bypass corridors doling out several promises, which he said would be fulfilled after the code of conduct is lifted. Several legislators including Michael Lobo and Nilkanth Halarnkar raised the issues of mining of minor minerals like sand and stone. They alleged that government strictures were driving the price of the building material out of the reach of the common man.
Six villages around the airport to get preference for jobs
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Published Aug 2, 2017, 4:47 AM IST
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PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday informed the House that work on construction of the Mopa airport will begin by the end of the current year. He said six villages around the new airport will be given priority as far as the semi-skilled and unskilled jobs are concerned. Additionally, 14 families which have been displaced due to the project will be relocated at an alternate site after the monsoon season, he said. "The six villages will be given first preference…
