<p>The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest today suspended the environment clearances (EC) of all the 93 mining leases in Goa asking the mine owners to submit the relevant documents.<br /><br />The mine owners will have to submit their documents which are required for getting the environment clearances, Minister of Environment and Forest Jayanti Natarajan told mediapersons here today.<br /><br />Justice M B Shah Commission, in its report on Goa's illegal mining, had also pointed out that the ECs were given based on the wrong facts.</p>.<p>Natarajan said the ECs were given on the wrong facts submitted by the state government, which were not properly verified by the MoEF officials.</p>.<p>The minister said that she will go into every aspect of the ECs granted and if any of the official is found guilty, action would be taken against him.</p>.<p>"We will see that he is punished according to the law," she added.</p>.<p>Referring to the statement of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar that FIR would be filed against the former Congress chief ministers -- Pratapsingh Rane and Digambar Kamat, Natarajan alleged that Parrikar was involved in "political witch hunting".<br /><br />Natarajan also claimed that Justice Shah Commission during their inquiry had not heard MoEF.</p>.<p>"Although Shah commission has referred to MoEF in its report, we were never heard. Therefore it was not possible for us to present our fact before the commission," she added.</p>
<p>The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest today suspended the environment clearances (EC) of all the 93 mining leases in Goa asking the mine owners to submit the relevant documents.<br /><br />The mine owners will have to submit their documents which are required for getting the environment clearances, Minister of Environment and Forest Jayanti Natarajan told mediapersons here today.<br /><br />Justice M B Shah Commission, in its report on Goa's illegal mining, had also pointed out that the ECs were given based on the wrong facts.</p>.<p>Natarajan said the ECs were given on the wrong facts submitted by the state government, which were not properly verified by the MoEF officials.</p>.<p>The minister said that she will go into every aspect of the ECs granted and if any of the official is found guilty, action would be taken against him.</p>.<p>"We will see that he is punished according to the law," she added.</p>.<p>Referring to the statement of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar that FIR would be filed against the former Congress chief ministers -- Pratapsingh Rane and Digambar Kamat, Natarajan alleged that Parrikar was involved in "political witch hunting".<br /><br />Natarajan also claimed that Justice Shah Commission during their inquiry had not heard MoEF.</p>.<p>"Although Shah commission has referred to MoEF in its report, we were never heard. Therefore it was not possible for us to present our fact before the commission," she added.</p>