New mining lease applications!

New Mining Lease Applications with Department of Mines and Geology. Please use RTI Act to get further information such as copy of the mining lease application, name and address of the parties who applied for each of the leases, Survey numbers covered by each of the mining lease and copy of the Cadastral Map of the mining lease. All the below mining leases are for Bauxite, Laterite – that covers everything, and aluminum.

Cordem

Application reference 33/20/08 – Mines/2159 dated 30/09/2009 in Cordem for the area of 321.80 hectares

Quedem

Application reference 33/14/08 – Mines/2156 dated 30/09/2009 in Quedem for the area of 227.60 hectares.

Application reference 33/02/08 - Mines/2186 dated 01/10/2009 in Qudem for the area of 174.86 hectares.

Naqueri

Application reference 33/46/08 – Mines/2181 dated 01/10/2009 in Naqueri for the area of 112.50 hectares

Cola

Application reference 33/28/08 – Mines/2180 dated 01/10/2009 in Cola for the area of 108.60 hectares.

Application reference 33/23/08 – Mines/2165 dated 30/09/2009 in Cola for the area of 121.60 hectares

Application reference 33/01/07-Mines/2207 dated 05/10/2009 in Cola for the area of 80 hectares.

Velim

Application reference 33/24/08-Mines/2204 dated 05/10/2009 in Velim for the area of 24.52 hectares.

Application reference 33/03/08 – Mines/2172 dated 30/09/2009 in Velim for the area of 88.83 hectares

Quitol

Application reference 33/16/08-Mines/2212 dated 05/10/2009 in Quitol for the area of 49.57 hectares.

Bendordem

Application reference 33/15/08-Mines/2214 dated 05/10/2009 in Bendordem for the area of 213.40 hectares.

Application reference 33/13/08 – Mines/2168 dated 30/9/2009 in Bendordem for the area of 261.50 hectares

Agonda

Application reference 33/41/08-Mines/2206 dated 05/10/2009 in Agonda for the area of 74.25 hectares.

Application reference 33/25/08-Mines/2208 dated 05/10/2009 in Agonda for the area of 289.63 hectares.

Application reference 33/37/08-Mines/2210 dated 05/10/2009 in Agonda for the area of 108.80 hectares.

Application reference 33/45/08-Mines/2209 dated 05/10/2009 in Agonda for the area of 72.60 hectares

Application reference 33/36/08 – Mines/2187 dated 01/10/2009 in Agonda for the area of 76.50 hectares.

Morpirla

Application reference 33/09/08-Mines/2226 dated 05/10/2009 in Morpirla for the area of 184.60 hectares.

Application reference 33/07/08-Mines/2227 dated 05/10/2009 in Morpirla for the area of 721.60 hectares.

Application reference 33/08/08 – Mines/2162 dated 30/09/2009 in Morpirla for the area of 136.08 hectares

Application reference 33/04/08 – Mines/2170 dated 30/9/2009 in Morpilla for the area of 116.65 hectares

Fatorpa

Application reference 33/05/08 – Mines/2174 dated 30/9/2009 in Fatorpa for the area of 216.32 hectares

Application reference 33/01/08-Mines/2211 dated 05/10/2009 in Fatorpa for the area of 151.40 hectares.

Application reference 33/10/08 – Mines/2167 dated 30/09/2009 in Fatorpa for the area of 91.20 hectares

Application reference 33/25/08 – Mines/2161 dated 30/09/2009 in Fatorpa for the area of 121.60 hectares.

Tiloi

Application reference 33/18/08-Mines/2213 dated 05/10/2009 in Tiloi for the area of 102.71 hectares.

Application reference 33/11/08 – Mines/2188 dated 01/10/2009 in Tiloi for the area of 178.40 hectares.

Canacona Police flexes muscles against tribal people

Today at around Rajendra Velip, a tribal villager currently involved in defense of his village Caregal, Khola was called to Canacona Police station at 11 am. He was sought to be arrested under various false criminal charges of beating up government surveyor while illegally undertaking survey of his village land.

Police Inspector Raut Dessai tried his level to force arrest but it was foiled by the villagers. Finally police relented and let Rajendra Velip return home at around 2.30 pm without effecting any arrests.

It is understood that top politicians and land mafia are involved in a plot to capture tribal lands in Khola and parcel it then to mega financial interests. Police harassment like this one today at Canacona Police Station are meant to break the morale of struggling people of Goa. State of Goa is directly administrating the same.

Sebastian Rodrigues

Police harrasments to villagers of Caregal, Khola

There has been increasing police harassment to the villagers of Caregall, Khola in Goa's southernmost taluka of Canacona. This time the target of police has been an adivasi villagers defending their village land. This has been going on for the past one and half week. Police enter the village and then orders the villagers come either to Agonda police station or to Canacona Police station. Local youth Puno Saklu Velip is being specifically the target of police actions triggered by high level nexus between land sharks, real estate dealers and Mamlatdar of Canacona Vinayak Volvoikar. More details in this regard are awaited.

Sesa Goa mining leases in Goa

Colour guide to read the statistics of Vedanta's mining leases in the State of Goa, India:
Orange is serial number.
Pink is T.C. number that is the code to refer to the mine.
Green is area of land in hectares.
Yellow is a name of the mine.
Red is name of village where mining lease is located.
Blue indicates the talukas of mining lease.

01
Satari
T.C. 28/51
Botvadeacho dongor
6.4.1951
T.T.30.9.57
23.9585 Hactares
Pissurlem
Fe/Mang

02
Bicholim
T.C. 76/52
Orasso Dongor
8.9.1952
99.4 hectares
Advalpale
Iron

03
Satari
T.C. 65/53
Potvol, Modhlovaddo etc.
17.7.1953
T.T. 13.2.1957
77.93 hectares
Velguem
Fe/Mang

04
Sanguem
T.C. 26/55
Cajumolla etc.
9.7.1955
T.T. 16.1.1957
43 hectares
Sancordem
Fe/Mang

05
Bardez
T.C. 32/55
Sem denominacao especial
30.6.1955
T.T. 30.7.1955
43 hectares
Pirna - Nadora
Fe/Mang

06
Bicholim
T.C. 38/58
Toleachi Add etc.
11.8.1958
99.5788 hectares
Arvalem
Iron

07
Sanguem
T.C. 39/58
Ambeaculna
11.8.1958
92.295 hectares
Santona
Iron

08
Sanguem
T.C. 78/59
Cazulem Cazuleancho Condo etc
13.10.1959
64.952 hectares
Sancordem
Fe/Mang

09
Satari
T.C. 79/59
Vagacho dongor Marsaglacho etc.
7.10.59
99.435 hectares
Xelopa
Fe/Mang

10
Sanguem
T.C. 6/60
Nagonem Borod
29.1.60
66.9 hectares
Colem
Iron

11
Bicholim & Bardez
T.C. 7/60
Bag Moitem de Palvel
5.2.60
99.9 hectares
Advalpale & Assanora
Iron

12
Sanguem
T.C. 64/59
Santona Vadi Soddo e ter. adjusts.
28.9.59
98.6 hectares
Santona
Iron

Sesa Goa - as above list - held 12 mining leases covering 908.9493 hectares of Goa’s precious land; from June 11, 2009 onwards it aquired additional - all mining leases in Goa - of Dempo mining corporation as follow:


01
Bicholim
T.C. 11/41
Lamgao
20.8.41
TT of 20.10.58
100 hectares
Lamgao
Iron

02
Bicholim
T.C. 12/41
Vagachiper
20.08.41
TT of 20.10.58
99.96 hectares
Bicholim
Iron

03
Bicholim
T.C. 13/41
Goatoor
20.8.41 TT of 20.10.58
99.5 hectares
Bordem
Iron

04
Bicholim
T.C. 14/41
Toticho mor dongor
20.8.41 TT of 20.10.58
99.91 hectares
Mulgao
Iron

05
Bicholim
T.C. 15/41
Mandurbaga
20.8.41 TT of 20.10.58
99.55 hectares
Mulgao
Iron

06
Sanguem
T.C. 7/50
Culnavoril Sodo
30.1.50 TT of 1.8.56
38.8428 hectares
Dudal
Fer/Mang

07
Sanguem
T.C. 3/51
Cantor
30.1.50
97.6775 hectares
Curpem
Fer/Mang

08
Sanguem
T.C. 43/51
Navientil Galivoril Advona, Nagona etc.
18.5.51 TT of 13.6.56
100 hectares
Aglote
Fer/Mang

09
Sanguem
T.C. 35/52
Tambessoddo
4.4.52
98.46 hectares
Colomba
Fer/Mang

10
Bicholim
T.C. 37/52
Candulgo
4.4.52
100 hectares
Codali or Carapur
Iron

11
Canacona
T.C. 87/52
Chedeudongor & Dardongor
18.10.52 TT of 9.11.55
92.5 hectares
Nuem
Iron

12
Satari
T.C. 95/52
Marsoddo
14.11.52
98.777 hectares
Pissurlem
Fer/Mang

13
Satari
T.C. 5/54
Onvalienchi Math
22.1.54
96.6448 hectares
Onvaliem
Iron

14
Satari
T.C. 20/54
Onvalienchem Paltona
5.3.54
90.9542 hectares
Ouvaliem
Iron

15
Bicholim
T.C. 21/54
Tolpi e Mardando
5.3.54
65.794 hectares
Cudne & Surla
Iron

16
Sanguem
T.C. 22/54
Borcotem
5.3.54
69.747 hectares
Colem
Fer/Mang

17
Sanguem
T.C. 40/54
Sem denominacao especial
22.10.54
51.05 hectares
Curpem
Fer/Mang

18
Canacona
T.C. 37/59
Rajabaga e terrenos adjacentes
10.8.59
100 hectares
Canaguinim (Cola)
Fer/Mang

19
Bicholim
T.C. 17/60
Gorbaim Golacho tembo
29.4.60
70.687 hectares
Navelim e Surla
Iron


Total area covered by Dempo's mining leases acquired by Sesa Goa (Vedanta) is 1670.0543 hectares. Dempos had 19 mining leases of which 13 are in operation and includes 21 mines.

With the addition of Dempo’s mining leases its total of mining leases went up to 31 mining leases covering total land of 2579.0036 hectares.

Ramesh Gauns and Sebastian Rodrigues

Occupants in MLA’s car escape villagers fury

Herald 29th June 2009, Panjim

Herald Correspondent
Canacona, June 28

Fearing that some antics are making an all out effort to revive the three-decade old closed mine, furious villagers from Nuem-Khola stopped a car on Saturday reportedly belonging to an MLA on ‘an inspection mission of an abandoned mine.’

According to villagers, the four occupants of the car made good their escape by planting a cock-n-bull story to the angry villagers. But the residents warned them that they will not accept nothing than what they have demanded so far – no mine operations in their village.

A large number of villagers who had gathered and surrounded the Mitsubishi car in no time took the intruders completely off-guard. They did not allow car occupants to leave, before forcing them to reveal their names and the owner of the car, which was reportedly carrying Goa Assembly stickers on its front windshield.

It all began on Saturday at about 12.30 pm when a villager noticed a black car parked on the other side of the village and some four occupants walking to the closed mines.

It may be recalled that the government had sealed the mines in an order dated May 21, 2008 issued by Director of Mines and Geology, after villagers protest moves to restart the operations.

The villager in turn informed others and soon more villagers gathered in large numbers and virtually confronted the foursome.

The villagers, who were expecting some renewed moves after the recent Dempo’s mining rights sale to Sesa Goa and who had even expressed their fears in press in recent times, were in no mood to hear the lame excuses provided by the foursome.

According to villagers, on persistent enquiry as to their car (GA-03-H-7667) carrying a Goa Assembly sticker, a person in the car reportedly informed them that the car belongs to friend and one politician.

Villagers further said that the foursome took the excuse saying: “We had come to know and learn about various aspects of the closed mine so that an article/book can be written on the matter,” to which they found no sympathisers.

The villagers reportedly asked them rudely to leave and not to come again in the village.

Speaking to reporters on Sunday evening, the angry villagers declared that they are not fools to accept the intruder’s theory that they are writing a book on mining and had come to know of the first hand information of a closed mine. “We know it’s a ploy by a mining lobby to test the waters at the venue,” roared about 50 people gathered at Nuem-Khola.

Khola Bachao Abhiyan President Precopio Fernandes said: “People are fed-up of government testing on our patience, as we are already burdened and fed up with CRZ notices, SEZ, RP-2021 and this fear of destroying our ecology by reviving a mine closed over three decade ago is tormenting us to no end.”

Another villager, Peter Fernandes, said: “Let all who want to play with our sentiments know that we will not allow unknown persons to intrude in our village areas.”