Santo Domingo.- La Vega province deputy Elpidio Infante on Wednesday said the company Falcondo Xstrata Nickel is exploiting Loma Miranda without the Environment Ministry permit.

He also slammed the Lower Chamber’s special committee for in his view having shelved the proposed resolutions to protect the mountainous area, the source of several major rivers.

 The lawmaker of the opposition PRD party said the pollution emanating from Miranda could threaten the health of residents in the central cities of La Vega, Bonao and San Francisco.

Infante, speaking in a meeting between legislators and Environment officials in Congress, called on the various sectors to deal with the conflict by assuming positions against the mining activity.