In December 2019, a newly constituted State Wildlife Advisory Board (SWLAB) met for approximately an hour.
[3] The Mollem wildlife sanctuary is part of the Western Ghats, which have been declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
They urged him to reconsider the approvals granted to the three projects that threatened the Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary and the Mollem National Park.
[14] A couple of days after the Assembly session, the Leader of Opposition, Digambar Kamat, wrote to the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court stating that he was not in favour of the “dubious forest clearances” given to the three projects.
[17] A few days later, Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco sent a letter to the Ministry of Environment, as well as the Goa Chief Minister saying that their feigning ignorance on the protests was disturbing to Goans.
In the video, he also recited a poem on the ongoing struggle to save the forests penned by a Mollem local Sharaschandra Khandeparkar.
[19] On the night of 1 November 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, hundreds of people sat on the railway lines passing through Chandor.
The protestors included activists, members of different political parties, and citizens of different backgrounds and age groups.
[23] Responding to the letters sent to Javadekar, CM Sawant stated, "The opposition to these projects is coming from Africa, England and Russia.