BICHOLIM, Jan. 26 -- Team Herald

Voicing their strong opposition to the extraction of iron ore, Mulgao villagers on Sunday marched to the mining block and stopped the activity, complaining that it was creating noise pollution in the village.

After failing to get relief from the government, the villagers assembled at Shree Kelbai Temple premises, in the village, where the locals claimed that extraction of iron ore at night was creating nuisance and causing sound pollution.

A large number of villagers including sarpanch Mansi Kavthankar, deputy sarpanch Gajanan Mandrekar, panchayat members Vishalsen Gad, Suhasini Govekar, Sidhhanath Kalsavkar and Trupti Gad, Shree Kelbai Devasthan Committee president Vasant Gad, and Comunidade of Mulgao ...