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The state sees tourist arrivals that are five times the local population, he said.The reputation of the mining sector has suffered, he pointed out. "The Goa State Pollution Control Board produces statistics. Sometimes the statistics bear out the concerns (of the public) but many times the statistics do not bear out the concerns. Panaji: Managing public perception about pollution is a difficult, chief secretary Dharmendra Sharma said. We're looking at an enhancement of extraction limit from 20 million tonnes to may be 30 million tonnes in the coming year," the chief secretary said..