29 Nov 2020| 05:48am ISTCM says Union Min will reduce coal handling at MPT but documents reveal minister wanted increaseDocuments obtained under RTI reveal that Union Minister of Shipping ‘took initiative’ for GSPCB approval for increase in coal handling capacity for Jindal and AdaniSURAJ NANDREKARPANJIM: While Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has been urging Goans to keep calm on the coal issue as Union Shipping minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be in Goa to review the situation and reduce the coal handling at the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), documents reveal that the minister sought an increase in the capacity of coal handling at the port, which was declined earlier. MPT had also submitted a proposal to handle coal at the mooring dolphins. Last month, GSPCB also approved MPT’s proposal for handling 2 MMTPA coal at the mooring dolphins, which too it had earlier rejected. Chief Minister Sawant while trying to convince the agitating people has said that the coal handling at MPT will be reduced by 50 per cent. He has maintained that the Union Minister will be in Goa soon and deliberate for other avenues at the port.

Source: The Herald November 28, 2020 19:30 UTC