Panaji: As many as 124 iron ore mining leases in Goa can go for e-auction post its expire in March 2020. The small State has the highest number of 184 leases expiring on March 31, 2020.
Union Ministry of Mines constituted Dr K Rajeswara Rao committee has said in its report.
Committ has identified 184 non-working mines in Goa that would stand expired in 2020. Of these, there are 60 leases that falls in the protected areas of Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Park, within the buffer zone and hence cannot be taken up for mining in future.
“Remaining mining leases, that is 124, can be taken up for mining in future through e-auction,” the report stated.
Further, of these 124, there are 77 leases, which have never worked ever since they were granted lease by the government and there are another 47 leases which have worked for sometime.
