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The expert committee appointed by Supreme Court has recommended that the annual extraction of iron ore should be enhanced to 37 million tonnes per year. Ministry of environment and forest has sought comments from various departments. Presently Supreme Court has put annual capping of 20 million tonnes of iron ore productions.

The Macro Environment Impact Assessment study on ceiling of annual excavation of iron ore from the state of Goa has been submitted by the expert committee. The committee has recommended that earlier assessed extraction rate of 20 million tonnes per annum should be enhanced to 30 MTPA and after reviewing the macro EIA of the enhanced extraction rate by the state, the same may be further enhanced to 37 MTPA as the upper limit predicated.

Committee in his report stated that the earlier assessed extraction rate of 20 million tone per annum should be enhanced to 30 MTPA. This level of extraction will take care of the demand of all stake holders, environmental requirements and human interest and needs. Thereafter ,at an appropriate stage the macro EIA of the enhanced extraction rate that is 30 MTPA must be evaluated. If the available data pertaining to environment, ecology and logistics favour then the enhanced extraction rate may further be increased to 37 MTPA by the state in accordance with the upper limit predicated by sustainability model.

Committee had submitted its report to ministry of environment and forest. The same forwarded to Goa government and sought its comment. Based on the report, Supreme court will decide about the annual capping of extraction of iron ore.

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