*New* *Lion Roars - 28*
*Mickky owes you Rs 5,52,00,000* While Pacheco’s planned entry into mining riches ended in disaster, Nilesh Cabral, the Curchorem legislator, owns 13 trucks, four excavators and two barges. The Sanguem legislator Subhash Phaldessai (assets:Rs 7,08,41,855) is a mining transport contractor and owns 18 trucks. The Sanvordem legislator Ganesh Gaonkar is a “dealer” in iron ore and also a transport contractor. The Sanquelim legislator Pramod Sawant owns two trucks. All four are BJP legislators. The Goa Mining People’s Front convenor Suhas Naik has claimed that even police officers and Road Transport officers own mining trucks but have not registered them on purpose……………… Full story: http://goanspirit.com/index.php/lion-roars/lion-roars-2013/414-lion-roars-28 *Mining Malaise - 6* *Mining ban has diverse benefits* ………..This caucus works overtime to tell anybody who is listening that someone for instance over-borrowed to the extent of Rs 3.5 crore (1 crore = 1,00,00,000) and now because mining has stopped, and so he can’t repay his loans; that the Ponda Muncipal Corporation is bankrupt because the men who milked mining, then constructed huge buildings to further exploit their mint, have decided to move on to greener pastures. It goes on and on. Goanspirit knows of a person in Loutolim who bought more trucks (to carry ore) than he should have because it was exploitatively so easy then, but does not know what to do with them now!................ Full story: http://goanspirit.com/index.php/lead/413-mining-malaise-6 -- Lionel Messias Editor, *Goan Spirit*, *Goa's Spirited Online Weekly Magazine.* ** Website:www.goanspirit.com Worked for the best: Goa Today, Gomantak Times, Herald, Mid-Day, The Pioneer, Indian Express (Bangalore), Economic Times (Chennai, Hyderabad), Newstime (Hyderabad), Gulf News (Hyderabad) 125-E, Bellem, Velsao, P.O. Cansaulim, Goa 403712 Tel: 0832-2884484 Mob:9822152164
