Alemao, Sawant spar over Rs 400 crore green cess for coal handling
Chief minister Pramod Sawant and leader of opposition Yuri Alemao on Monday got into a verbal duel in the House after the latter alleged that almost Rs 400 crore of green cess dues from the coal handling companies were not collected by Goa govt.
While the CM said that the matter is before the Supreme Court and therefore statements on the same cannot be made, Alemao said that there was no such matter before the Supreme Court.
'Why are you hesitating to collect nearly Rs 400 crore from the likes of Adani? Your govt will get Rs 400 crore in revenue. It will help our people. Our people are suffering from the coal dust for nothing, and here you are not taking the payments due by them. This is a big scam,' said Alemao.
Sawant said that the Goa govt is the only state to implement the green cess. 'The finance dept will give you an answer. The matter is before the Supreme Court. We will have a special discussion on it,' said Sawant.
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