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QUEPEM: Transportation of e-auctioned ore from Cavrem, Pirla, through the town during school hours is raising serious concerns with heavy vehicular movement posing a threat to the safety of school children.In the past, the trucks followed a set routine. We don’t know what will happen latter when mining resumes,” he said.On Friday evening, two mining trucks collided at Igramoll, Quepem, disrupting traffic on the Quepem-Cuncolim road for almost four hours. They would halt at Tank, Ambaulim, and would start plying only after 8am when the children were inside the school premises. Operations would halt again from 1pm to 2pm, school closing hours. “Mining activities haven’t even started in full swing, but trucks are being lined up on the roads, disrupting traffic..