Govt suspends ‘green nod’ to firm for Goa mining

Government today suspended the environmental clearance given to the mine of Anil Agarwal Foundation in North Goa, making it the second setback for the company after the construction work of Vedanta University proposed along Konark-Puri coast in Orissa was put on hold last week.

The decision came following the National Environment Appellate Authority’s (NEEA) decision yesterday to stay the ‘green nod’ given to the mine of Sesa Goa located at Pirna village and Nadora in Bardez Taluk in North Goa.

The project was granted environmental clearance by the Environment Ministry on June 9 last year but was challenged before the New Delhi-based NEAA by an NGO called ‘Pirna Naroda Nagrik Kruti Samiti’.