To

the Editor

Dated  12.12.2018 -- for print if found appropriate.

Sub: Why blame the messiah of Goan environment for your greediness.

Sir,

The poor people who had lost a living during 2012 s mines closure by Mr. Parrikar to check mate the then central Congress Govt.(Jayanty Natrajan  to be precise)  took more loans and mortgaged whatever gold they had to get their vehicles and machinery on road when the govt abruptly started a few mines due to pressure from the dependents.  The honorable supreme courts ruling  against these illegally started mines were a blow to all the Goans dependents on the mining business

The Big miners of the nation who are friends of the Central Govt. has seen  this opportunity of getting the Goan mines on auction and the local govt is under pressure from the central govt. In all this turmoil the local population in the mining belt  have been affected very badly.

Since the minerals have been extracted for the last 50 years or more  the depleted state of our mines will not make the dependents live forever on the mining business and hence its the duty of the govt to provide a alternative to this business  side by side and hence extend the period of  exhausting of Goan minerals so that the future generations too benefited by this ancestral wealth of Goa. That's exactly what Mr. Claude Alvares has been fighting for . The Goan Minister blaming Mr. Claude for the mess is totally uncalled for. He is nobody to instigate the already suffering people and  tell them  that Mr. Claude be sent out of Goa. He as a part of the govt. should apologize for the mess created by his govt since 2012. Mr. Claude Alvares is a true son of the soil and his integrity and loyalty to Goa  cannot be questioned by these greedy selfish politicians.

Thank you,

Clarence Alvares

Sangolda

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