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*They extract, transport, load, export, supply machines. In short, there’s nothing in mining they don’t do. And all say they are legal. Has a single one of them been investigated?* SUJAY GUPTA sujay@ herald- goa. com PANJIM: The Congress President, the Chief Minister, the Urban Development Minister, the Health Minister, the son of the Home minister and many others who are out of power but continue to remain powerful all have mining interests. They dig, transport and export. Some have their own companies, others do it by proxy. We begin with GPCC President Subhash Shirodkar, who has declared that he is very involved in the mining business, but does nothing illegally. We are not saying he does. We are detailing his involvement and of others. Since 2005 onwards, he has been operating a mine earlier run by Anil Salgaocar’s SMI called Santonachi Upri, whose concession holder is Zarapkar and Parkar in the village of Dabal of Sanguem ( TC no: 34 of 13/ 8/ 55, area 98.3 hectares). Since 2005, he has exported 4,41982 tonnes of ore from this mine. Since 1990- 91, the total exports from here, has been 2.6 million tones. ( Herald has the year- wise exports figures) The second mine he operates is also of SMI’s ( Salito) in Pale of Bicholim ( TC no: 86 of 4/ 9/ 53, 94.6 hectares). 34 people have been hired > Continued on pg 12 *Mr CHIEF MINISTER, have you ever asked these questions to:* Quote room• Has he or the lease holder paid royalty for all the ore extracted from the Zarapkar Parkar Lease• Are all 34 workers hired by Vasundhara Minerals registered with the Assistant Labour Comissioner Joaquim Alemao• Has royalty been paid for at least seven specific leases he is operating• Has he sold any cargo and if so to whom. Who transports his cargo? Vishwajeet Rane• Has he bought a mine from KK Agarwal in Harvalem? Have operations commenced? Roy Naik• What are his interests in a company called GPT. Who is Pawaskar. What are the details of his mining operations?• What is the source of all ore transported by him. The royalty details of such ore and the final mode of ex ports Dinar Tarcar• What are the details of the case against Minescape, where he has been accused of running a mine on the basis of a Power of Attorney? Now the CM’s turn to answer• Many politician miners do business with Mallikarjun Exports and Pisces Exim the later being a company which has exported unclassified ( not necessarily illegal) ore this year. Has the trail of these exports as those of all other companies, been established to identify the source of ore sent?• There is a term called Zero ore. Across Goa, those in > Continued on pg 12 I have nothing to do with SGS. I handle and transport cargo. - Shyam Satardekar I own Vasundhara Transport and am involved in the extraction of ore. Is there anything wrong with that? - Subhash Shirodkar I have been in this business for 20 years. I’m a machine and raising contractor that’s all. I do not sell or export. - Joaquim Alemao -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. "Rape of Goa" : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/ 3. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/ 4. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html 5. Goa's Identity Movement group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com//#/group.php?gid=193497031686 6. Official Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/