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Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Samir Umarye BICHOLIM: Amrut Gaonkar, component of the Bicholim comunidad through a complaint to the Director of Mines has asked to stop the hill cutting going on at Dhabdaba Bicholim by a mining company which is a 'no development slope.' According to the complaint a company has started cutting a hill is in progress by using about three machines the property of which belongs to the comunidad of Bicholim. "The said landed property is described within the no development slopes as per the regional plan 2011 published by the government of Goa" the complaint reads. As per the information provided by Gaonkar the mining company has transpassed in the said landed property and has cut the hill to the height of 10 meters and the same is continuining for last three days. "The act of the company is illegal and viiolates the section 17 (3) of the Town and country planning Act" Gaonkar claims. Gaonkar has also asked the authorities to immediately stop the said illegal hill cutting and seize the machinery engaged in the illegal activities. The copies of the letter have been sent to The collector, Goa state pollution control board, comunidades North Goa, Dy collector Bicholim, TCP Bicholim and DySP Bicholim. Meanwhile, North Goa Dy collector who hads the Flying Squad, Francis Ferrao visited and inspected the site but failed to comment over the issue when asked by the reporters present at the site. When contacted again in the evening the Dy collector again denied to comment over the issue. "I am yet to go through the report and facts present to us and would be able to comment only by tomorrow" Ferrao told on phone.