Report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to the National Green Tribunal dated March 9, 2023. Report of the Joint Committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 592/2022 with respect to the petition filed by All Traditional River Fishermen Association, Karnataka. The …
Thiruvananthapuram: The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) and the Kerala Swathanthra Malsyathozhilaly Federation (KSMTF) are embarking on an agitation against the Centre's draft notification on the Coastal Regulation Zone 2010. In a memorandum submitted to the President, Prime Minister, UPA chairperson and the Minister for Environment and Forests, the organisations pointed …
KOCHI: The National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) & Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilaly Federation (KSMTF) are getting ready to organise continuous protests in all coastal states of the country which come under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) 2010, from October 29. Rejecting the draft CRZ notification in toto, they said that it …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Fish Workers Forum (NFF) and the Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) rejected the draft Coastal Zone Regulation (CRZ) Notification-2010. In memorandums submitted to Ministry of Environment and Forest, President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Ghandhi, they have listed out reasons for …
ASSAM is on the brink of a movement, like the one that ended with the 1984 Assam Accord. This time the concern is not illegal immigrants but dams proposed upstream in Arunachal Pradesh. In the past year and a half people in Assam have held a number of protests. The …
Once self-reliant people have been reduced to coolies and their kids are dropping out of school, finds Sangeetha Neeraja The way industrial development is happening along the coast, traditional fishermen will be reduced to coolies in trawlers. Even that will come to an end in next 10 years as there …
Ramanathapuram, THE government should lift the ban on netting sea cucumber, as this species provided a livelihood for many families of fishermen, Paulsamy, president of Ramanathapuram District Fish Workers Trade Union (RFTU), demanded, here on Wednesday. After leading a demonstration near the new bus stand, Paulsamy told media persons that …
Agitation against Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010 Mass conventions planned on November 21 Plea to increase kerosene quota for fish workers KOLLAM: Fish workers across the country are gearing up to launch strong agitations demanding the withdrawal of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010 issued recently by the Union Ministry …
Latest draft has triggered fears of indiscriminate construction along shorelines Twenty years, 25 amendments, several committees and notifications after, the issue of regulating development along India's coastlines remains under debate. The latest to run into a roadblock is the draft notification of the Coastal Regulation Zone 2010, allowing slum redevelopment …
Say it does not protect fishing communities or environment Thiruvananthapuram: The National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) and the Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) have come out against the draft CRZ Notification 2010 put up on the web site of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. A press note quoting Matanhy …
The National Fishworkers Forum headed by Matanhy Saldanha on Friday "completely rejected" the draft CRZ Notification 2010 issued early this week, saying it neither protects the fishing communities' rights and livelihood nor the coastal environment. "Activities that do not need to be within 500 metres from the sea like atomic …
Kakinada, Sept 15: Hundreds of people including leaders and activists of the Congress, the Telugu Desam and the Praja Rajyam on Wednesday staged dharnas in front of Cairn Energy seeking immediate steps to remove the oil spill along the coast. The oil spill that was formed in Bay of Bengal …
Expressing strong resentment over the draft Coastal Regulation Zone notification 2010, National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) have alleged that granting of permission for setting up nuclear plants along the coastline would have adverse effect on the environment. Speaking at a one-day seminar on
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 17, 2010, 2:37 ISTThe oil spill and the subsequent ban on fish by the Maharashtra government and civic body have adversely impacted fish supply in Mumbai.For the last one week, while the fishermen in Mumbai
PANJIM, AUG 14The World Bank has feared that rise of one metre sea level across the globe can spell doom for many inhabitants and the impact would be felt by not less than 56 million people.According to the survey conducted by the World Bank, people from East Asia and Pacific …
PANJIM, AUG 13Noted environmentalist Sunita Naraine today said that encroaching into the living and life of traditional people on the coastline may lead us to the similar situation like naxalism, which was witnessed after exploitation of rights of forest dwellers.
Effluents from an industrial estate destroy the coastal ecology and deprive local people of their livelihood at Tadgam in Gujarat. FAR from urban influences and pollutants, the beach at Tadgam in Valsad district in south Gujarat should be bustling with life. Gulls, sandpipers, stints and egrets should be foraging for …
BHUBANESWAR: Six years after a bill to regulate fishing in Chilika lake failed to get passed in the Assembly, the State Government is again contemplating bringing a similar legislation to put a break on such illegal activities which have taken serious proportion.The new legislation,
