Panaji: A crucial high level meeting to discuss the issue of allowing pumping of water from mining pits for irrigation purpose for the farmers will be held tomorrow under Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai.
Sardesai has called for the meeting after several farmers from Sattari, Bicholim, Sanqulim areas met him raising concern about rivulets running dry with no water for irrigation.
State Legislative Assembly Speaker Dr Pramod Sawant, Water Resources Minister Vinod Palyekar, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane and Power Minister Nilesh Cabral along with MLAs Ravi Naik, Deepak Pawaskar, Rajesh Patnekar, Pravin Zatye, Prasad Gaonkar, Chandrakant Kavlekar and Nilkant Halankar are invited for the meeting.
Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister P Krishnamurthy will also be part of the meeting.
