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Songe iron unit asked to shut shop in Goa

Songe iron unit asked to shut shop in Goa  on november 28, the High Court of Bombay at Goa ordered a sponge iron plant in south Goa to stop operations within a week. This is not the first time the company has been asked to shut shop. The Goa State Pollution Control Board (gspcb) on October 6, 2006, had asked the unit, Jain Udyog Private Ltd, to close operations because of air and water pollution in Sanvordem panchayat