CM intervenes; Mining dependents call off their protest

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Panaji: The mining dependents have called off their scheduled protest outside a venue of Goods and Service Tax (GST) council meeting to be held tomorrow after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant assured to fix meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman.

Goa Mining People’s Front President Puti Gaonkar said that CM has requested them not to hold protest and that he will fix meeting with Union Finance Minister.

He said that memorandum for immediate resumption of iron ore industry will be submitted to Seetharaman, who is part of Group of Ministers formed on mining issue. 

The mining industry has come to a standstill since last year after Supreme court quashed 88 minining leases. The people dependent on this industry are depending intervention by the union government to troubleshoot the issue.

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