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 …
EVEN as various agencies are busy tackling the oil spill, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has been directed to stop using sea water as a coolant. Meanwhile, the government, as a precautionary measure, has imposed major restrictions on traffic to JNPT and MbPT. Located along the coast across Navi …
CHENNAI: Hundreds of men and women belonging to 14 fishing hamlets from Light House to Kottivakkam in the city on Saturday formed a human chain demanding that the State government drop its proposal to construct an elevated expressway along the Chennai coast. The fisherfolk who came together under the banner …
G Saravanan | ENS At least 1,750 fishers offered work as they plan to greet CM with black flags during his visit to Kattupalli SEVEN different companies located in and around the Kattupalli desalination plant near Minjur have promised to recruit 1,750 traditional fishermen from 15 hamlets, who lost their …
G Saravanan | ENS DEJECTED over the State gover nment's unfulfilled promise, fishermen living in 15 hamlets near Kattupalli have planned the show black flags to Chief Minister M Karunanidhi during his visit to launch the desalination plant at Minjur on July 31. "We have lost our livelihood after the …
Mumbai: The Mahim coastline is fast disappearing, claim fishermen residing by the seafront. On Monday afternoon, sea water came gushing in and claimed portions of the land. Chandrakant Keni, chairman, Mahim Nakva Macchimaar Sahakari Society, a representative outfit for the local fishermen, said that a makeshift asphalt road constructed to …
KENDRAPARA: The crusade against illegal prawn farming is making inroads into seaside villages of Mahakalapada block. In the last two years, the forest and district officials have demolished 1,252 hectares out of the 2,529 hectares being used for prawn farming, said Prasanna Kumar Behera, the divisional forest officer of Bhitarkanika …
The government today assured to give additional compensation to the families of the 67 fisherman who lost their lives when cyclone Phyan hit the state last year. The Opposition crticised the government for a giving compensation of only Rs 50,000 to the victims
PANAJI: The proposed National Institute of Water Sports being set up at Caranzalem Bay, 3 km from here, is facing opposition from fishermen in the area as, according to them,
Fisheries Minister Shri Ajay Vishnoi inspected Bargi fish seedlings area in Jabalpur on Thursday. The Madhya Pradesh Fisheries Federation is undertaking the work of fish production in Bargi reservoir. Fisheries Federation managing director Smt. Veena Ghanekar was also present during the inspection. Shri Vishnoi inspected the hatchery being developed at …
A suspended Telugu Desam Party legislator shouts slogans after his arrest during a protest against the police firing at Sompeta on Thursday. Fifty-seven Desam legislators were suspended after the Opposition disrupted proceedings in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly demanding the resignation of a minister over the police firing. (PTI) New Delhi/Hyderabad, …
A.V. Ragunathan Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service provided the boards CUDDALORE: M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation has been imparting training on a representative section of fishermen in the coastal villages in Cuddalore district on the importance and usage of the electronic display boards (EDB) set up for disseminating information …
THE Madras High Court has restrained the authorities concerned from preventing fishermen in Ennore and Pulicat areas from carrying on fishing activities during the on fishing activities during the launch of rockets. A division bench compris ing Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and K K Sashidharan granted the injunction while passing …
Shyam Balasubramanian | ENS Even months after they wrote to the Chief Minister and the Highways Department on their reservations, there has been no response from the government LEADERS of 14 fishing hamlets between the Lighthouse and Kottivakkam have decided to mobilise villagers against the proposed elevated expressway which threatens …
The National Coastal Protection Campaign (NCPC), a collective comprising of a broad range of fish-worker groups including the National Fish-workers Forum (NFF), fish-worker support organisations and environmental groups jointly rejected the Ministry of Environment's
BHUBANESWAR: The pre-draft CRZ 2010 notified by the Ministry of Environment and Forest is anti-people, anti-environment and pro-industry, alleges international environmental pressure group, Greenpeace, while reacting on behalf of National Coastal Protection Campaign (NCPC). Greenpeace claims that NCPC is a group comprising a broad range of fishworker groups including the …
Thiruvananthapuram, 15 June: This monsoon 3,000 families from the fishing community, residing in a 10-km stretch between Poonthura and Shanghmugham near Thiruvananthapuram, left their homes with few personal belongings. The Kerala Irrigation Department responsible for reinforcing the levee has a one-size-fits-all approach, while pointing fingers at the district administration for …
P.V. Srividya NAGAPATTINAM: The minutes of the Coastal Regulatory Zone meeting convened on April 29, to discuss the Rs.7,200 crore project proposed by M/s Chettinadu Power Corporation Private Limited reveal that the Fisheries and the Forest Department does not endorse the Environment Impact Assessment report of the Company. According to …
