Mineral ore exporters ready to create infrastructural facilities

PANJIM, FEB 23  
Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association (GMOEA) today told the government that they are willing to put in funds to build infrastructural facilities like roads in the mining belt provided land is given to them free of all encumbrances.
This statement was made by GMOEA Shivanand Salgaocar at the pre-budget exercise conducted by the Goa government to know the views of various sectors like mining, tourism, industry, etc at the Secretariat today.  The meeting was chaired by the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and was attended by representatives of the industry and political parties and senior finance bureaucrats.
Salgaocar stressed on building infrastructural facilities in the mining belt and said the mining industry would be supportive in taking up such jobs.
These works would be taken up by the mining industry on the same principle they built the new Usgao bridge. This is provided the land is given to them by the government free of all encumbrances and that they are allowed to engage their own contractors as in the past. The chief minister mentioned that one of the major roads in the pipeline is between Uguem and Capxem.
Salgaocar also said that the industry would  welcome dedicated roads for mining away from habitations.
 The issue of illegal mining was also raised at the meeting. GMOEA stressed that they are against illegal mining.
POLITICAL PARTIES: All major political parties also gave their suggestions to be included in the Goa budget 2010-11.
The parties were represented by Savio D’Souza (Congress), Surendra Sirsat (NCP), M Mardolkar (MGP) and others.