GOA GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES TECHNOLOGY CRACKDOWN ON IRON ORE TRANNSPORTS
October 1st, 2010
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
THE GOVERNMENT of Goa has made it compulsory for all mining companies to install Radio Frequency Identification Devices on the around 20,000 lorries ferrying iron ore around the Indian state to tally its production and exports. The proposal also includes connecting mining site and weighing bridges to the new mechanism for checking overloading of vehicles. The move comes as the Goa government has been fending off allegation of weak controls over iron ore mining, with potential illegal extraction taking place. Manohar Parrikar, leader of ...
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