the villagers of bati from sanguem taluka complained of illegal minig from teh forest from 12-16 april 2010. around 150 trucks were seen transporting ore from the forest. soon the vigilant villagers alerted the GXE and GOAMAP, who swiftly swung into action. complaints were sent to all the concerned authorities , including teh chef secretary.
on 16th april 2010, after meeting teh chief secretary, representatives of both the groups were informed of raiding the said site. accordinly mr. gaurav shirodkar accompanied the director of mines to the said site. however once reaching the site,gaurav was asked to stay back and asked to join them after 10 miutes. reason given was that his presence would complicate teh matter.(who will believe this holy shit)the illegal site was raided and an excavator was sealed.also the minig site was sealed. this mine belonged to chowgules, presently, this mine is operated by some politicians. the said chowgules mine was closed down and some low grade iron ore was dumped from a close by mine, it was this low grade ore from the closed mine that was illegally taken amounting to day light robery. all this happening under the nose a politician who stays just half a kilometer away from the site. the cops and forest officials all turning a blind eye to these illegal minig activities.
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