panaji in a development that will bring cheer to the construction industry the goa government has decided to get sand extraction legalized chief minister laxmikant parsekar said that 30 sites have been identified by the government for extraction of sand to ensure scientific quarrying of the mineral parsekar who spoke to union minister for environment and forests prakash javadekar during his recent visit to new delhi said that the government would get revenue out of sand extraction as licences would be issued for the purpose informally talking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a programme held in the city on monday the chief minister said that he has put the process in motion for regularization of sand extraction in the state i feel legal extraction of mining should begin within a month he said he also said that the activity cannot be called sand mining in my view quarrying of sand shouldnt be considered sand mining there is no machinery used for the activity it should be called sand extraction the chief minister said in view of apprehensions of ecological damage due to the activity the government had asked the department of mines and geology to prepare a prefeasibility report the report was then accepted by the government with 30 sites being identified of these four are in dharbandora three each in salcete and sanguem and two in quepem the rest are in amona in the mandovi camurlim and colvale in colvale river keri and ugvem in tiracol according to sources goa had stopped issuing sand mining licences nearly four years ago giving a jolt to the construction industry but the activity continued clandestinely at major sand extraction points such as keri kiranpani bhalkhajan colvale marcela st estevam and other spots in major rivers