Two days ahead of a protest by Goa mining dependents in New Delhi, a state minister said such stirs would not help in finding a solution to the issue.
Mining in Goa came to a standstill in March this year after the Supreme Court quashed 88 mining leases and banned the extraction of fresh ore.
Goa Mining People's Front, an umbrella organisation of mining dependents, had in November announced that it would hold a protest between December 11-13 in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan and Jantar Mantar.
Speaking on the issue Sunday, Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said, "A solution to the (mining) issue has to come through discussions at government to government level."
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