margao haphazard noholdsbarred ore transportation in south goas mining belt has brought back memories of the mining boom days before the supreme courtordered mining ban came into effect in 2012 with 10 mining firms having started transportation of their royaltypaid extracted ore lying in their mines the cavremcurchorem and codlicapxem roads are chocabloc with mining trucks over the past few days posing a threat to the safety of road users particularly twowheeler riders and pedestrians significantly iron ore transportation is being carried out under heavy police cover following apprehensions that mining employees retrenched by their firms following the mining ban could foment trouble plans by locals to stop transportation activity were foiled by the police who prevented more than 34 people from gathering on the roads citing the prohibitory orders in force nevertheless locals have demanded that the government put in place severe restrictions to ensure safety of road users when mining transportation started during the lockdown people suspected the legality of ore transported but no one questioned as they wanted truck operators to earn some income but if you look at the present situation on the roads it looks like that it has been strategically planned by some politicians to sell all of goas iron ore deposits during the lockdown period sanjay dessai principal of ces college in cuncolim saidthe failure of the state government to complete the dedicated mining corridor has also irked locals its a scary situation out there from cavrem to curchorem with both the lanes filled with mining trucks trying to overtake each other the mines department claims that each of the trucks have been fitted with speed governors if thats true how are speed limits violated with impunity social activist christanand pednekar a resident of cacumoddi curchorem said pednekar also criticized the failure of the government in completing the dedicated mining corridor during the mining ban period