September 7, 2012
Report of Justice M B Shah Commission of Inquiry on IllegalMining in Goa tabled in Parliament by Union Minister for Mines Dinsha Patel.
The report puts the Illegal Mining Scam at Rs 34,935 croresbetween the period 2000 to 2011.
September 8, 2012
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar announces that FIRs will befiled within the next two weeks on those involved in the mining scam includingformer Chief Ministers Digamber Kamat and Pratapsingh Rane, former Director –Mines Arvind Lolyekar, former Secretary – Mines (Govt of Goa) and UnionSecretaries of Mines and MoEF
September 8, 2012
Goa Government announces tightening of security forDepartment of Mines and Geology where documents on mines were stored
September 9, 2012
Greens meet at Hotel Manoshanti and demand closure of allmines in the state. Envrionmentalist include Claude Alvares, Ramesh Gauns,Sabina Martins, Rama Velip hail Shah Commission Report
September 10, 2012
Secretary (Mines) R K Verma issues orders suspending allmining operations in the state with effect from September 11.
Order allowed trade and transportation of ore already minedand existing in lease area subject to mine owners submitting all documents forverification
Mines Department suspends assistant geologists DK Bhave,Shobhana Revankar and Deepak Mayenkar, UDC Baban Gaonkar, draftsman RobertGonsalves and technical assistant Antony Lopes after the Shah Commission reportpointed out that department officials failed to control illegal mining in thestate.
September 11, 2012
Two four member teams comprising of Mining Departments andother government officials visited mines to ensure mining operations are closed
Anti-mining activists meet Goa State Pollution Control BoardChairman Jose Manuel Noronha and submit a memorandum demanding rejection of allapplications for renewal of air and water consents within 24 hours. GSPCB seekstime till the board meeting on September 25.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s personal security has beenbeefed up following the suspension order of the all mines operating in Goa
September 12, 2012
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar announces that he will meetall the other stake holders in Mining business including Truckers, Barge Ownerson September 14
Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jayanthi Natrajanannounces suspension of Environmental Clearance to 93 mines till MoEF issatisfied
Greens meet MoEF and demand complete shutdown of the MiningIndustry in the State
September 13, 2012
Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association, the state’s premiermining body expresses surprise at the findings of Shah Commission Report.However, Mine owners reiterate their support for government suspension ofmining business in the state and to present their case as per state governmentdemands.
