ur determination to protect the environment has guided our policies right from the inception of the company and is part of our commitment to the well-being of our state. Having stood firmly and consistently for preserving the identity of Goa in all its dimensions even in hostile circumstances, our contribution to preserving the natural beauty of our native land is second to none. Our interest in travel and tourism makes it all the more necessary for us to remain firmly committed to the preservation of ecology. Our IS0 14001 Certificate confirms what we have always been doing.

      Mining activities do cause some damage to ecology in some ways. It has been our constant endeavour to limit this damage to the minimum and to make up for it in various ways. Thus we grow more trees usually in the dead dumps and cultivate green belts around mining areas. The saplings of a variety of plants, required for afforestation, are being grown at the company's own nursery and planted during the monsoons.

      Surface disposal of rejection is being minimized by dumping the rejects, to the extent possible, in the available abandoned mining pits, which have been worked to the optimum level.