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From Mormugao PortTrust

Why did MPT allow coal to be unloaded on berths so near tothe densely populated Vasco city in the first place?

Why did MPT not ask importers to take appropriate measuresif it did not have the facilities to handle coal in open berths?

Why is MPT Chairman not stopping coal import till themechanised coal handling facilities are ready in October 2014

From Mormugao PortUsers Association

Why did MPUA agree to offload its coal at berth No 10, 11?

Was it not aware that this will be causing inconvenience tothe entire city?

Why did MPUA not be a part of any exercise where citizensand activists campaigned against coal pollution?

If MPT’s conduct of causing health hazard to people of Vascoby storing coal so near the city centre is criminal, should the importer ofcoal MPUA also not be held for an equally criminal activity

From the Goa StatePollution Control Board

Why has GSPCB not stopped coal handling operations everytime it found MPT’s coal handling operations suspect?

Why has it consistently given consent to operate to MPTdespite knowing the fact that berth no 10, 11 are open cargo berths withpotential to pollute?

Why have no public hearings been carried out by GSPCB tohear the citizen’s objections to pollution?

Why have air monitoring stations not been set up in heavyresidential areas of Goa?

Why did GPSCB not act to stop this unhealthy operations forthe last one decade?

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Vasco makes itself "heard" on coal pollution

Ajay Thakur I The Goan
Published Sep 22, 2012, 10:56 AM IST
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Vasco makes itself "heard" on coal pollution

Vasco’s patience with coal seems to be fast running out. OnSunday last, a public hearing hosted by Goa State Pollution Control Board forMormugao Port Trust’s ambitious 7.2 Million Metric Tonne Per Annum West of Breakwater (WOB) project turnedinto an embarrassment both for MPT and GSPCB. In no mood to listen, thecitizens of Vasco turned the hearing into a mandate for a full throated protestagainst coal pollution on Berth Nos 10 and 11. “We are discussing about the future…

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