WEB20 hours ago · A spate of challenges, complaints and court appeals from village communities and NGOs indicate that the new mining regime is no panacea. Vishnu Kushta Gimonkar (79) owns what used to be a 10,000 square metre field, in Pilgao, Bicholim sub-district, in the heart of Goa’s iron ore mining belt, 28 kilometres from capital Panjim.