Photo essay was published in Environment Section of Revista da Casa de Goa, a Portuguese bimonthly magazine, March-April 2023 Issue No. 21. <

Ninety acres of fertile paddy field land now lie as fallow and uncultivable lands after being severely silted with mining waste in year 2000 floods in Pissurlem village.  Behind the fields lies the Deulem mining pit which is approximately 80 meters deep.  Deulem mine closed its operations in year 2007 without its due restoration according to Mine Closure Policy 2003.  Mining has shut down but the farmers await their compensation and de-siltation of farms and lakes.  Villagers of Pissurlem have proposed to th

Published in The Quint on 14th June 2021. https://www.thequint.com/my-report/goa-mining-iron-manganese-environmental-destruction-deforestation-climate-change#read-more

Sustainable mining requires mining industries to respect and appreciate the need and value of biodiversity to the local people living in mining zone and for smooth operation of mines for a longer time. They ne