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 …
Protests by fishermen against drilling by the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) in the Krishna-Godavari basin, off the coast of Kakinada, has put the Gujarat-based company in a spot. About 10,000 fishermen in 500-odd boats have been coming daily since Monday to the GSPC rig and demanding that they stop …
Maharashtra fishermen will approach the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) against the proposed coastal road from Madh to Nariman point in Mumbai. They claim their livelihood will be at risk if the 32-kilometer road is allowed to be built. The project can not take off without MoEF clearance. …
Wildlife in India is facing a losing battle. The Orissa government’s decision to impose a seven-month-long ban on fishing activity in the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in lieu of the mass nesting of the Olive Ridley sea turtles has upset the fishermen living in this coastal belt. The ban, an annual …
As Greenpeace completes 10 years in India, it chalks up its successes and faces some flak. Kunal Majumder looks at both sides of the story WHEN GREENPEACE India listed 33 successful campaigns to celebrate its first decade in the country, the Copenhagen meet on climate change held two years ago …
Local administration and law enforcing agencies started drives against fishing in open water sources from Thursday to execute an 11-day fishing ban to facilitate safe spawning of Hilsa fish. Hilsa exporters hailed the drive calling for taking steps against infiltration of foreign fishing boats in Bangladesh coastal waters while fishermen …
The state government has not objected to providing land near the sea to fishermen who were 'rehabilitated' five km away from the sea because of the Tarapur Nuclear Power project. In a report submitted to the Bombay high court on Tuesday by the Joint Secretary (Rehabilitation) Sadhanand Jadhav, Department of …
The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it has no objection in providing land near sea to those fishermen who were rehabilitated farther from the seashore after setting up the Tarapur Nuclear Power Plant in neighbouring Thane district. "As per a government resolution passed on February 4, …
India stands today at the cross-roads where it is becoming abundantly clear that not paucity of funds, but deficit in governance is the most significant challenge before the society. A frank assessment of the current functioning of Forestry and Wildlife Establishment brings out that: Given the extremely weak base, often …
Many countries in Africa are starting to turn the corner economically. With global economic powers looking for new sources of everything from minerals to food products, Africa has attracted heaps of investment in recent years. But the effects are not necessarily benefiting everyone in Africa, and there is mounting concern …
BHUBANESWAR: The left hand of Orissa Government does not know what the right hand is doing. While Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik pitches in for employment generation through private entrepreneurship in the fisheries sector, the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development department kills the very potential by hounding them out. The Kaushalyaganga …
We were standing at the edge of what looked like a swamp—grass and pools and streams. On one side was heavily barricaded land with high walls, barbed wires and armed security. A board read: East Coast Energy, Kakarapalli. This was where a bloody battle had taken place a few months …
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the state government to consider giving better fishing facilities and coastal land to the 53 families who have been given alternative accommodation on account of the Tarapur nuclear power project. The court also directed the state secretary for rehabilitation to look into the …
MUMBAI: The BombayHC on Thursday directed the state to consider the request of fishermen, rehabilitated due to the Tarapur atomic plant, for land near coast to store boats and equipment. A division bench of Justices Ranjana Desai and R G Ketkar was hearing a clutch of intervention pleas saying that …
To maximize the potential of agricultural scale up, NGOs need to act as facilitators of multi-stakeholder processes that establish new types of farmer organizations, alliances to influence policy and investment, new business models, and innovative ways of delivery market services. Small Farmers, Big Change will help NGOs to build their …
Even though there have been some gains in the development of the fisheries sector in the state, recent data suggests that the production is still far below the recognised potential. Well-placed sources admit that while the potential for fish production is around 500 million kg, only about 230 million kg …
KENDRAPARA: Fisherwomen in the coastal districts of Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur toil hard to make the ends meet. Scores of them make their way to the fish markets in Chapali, Marsaghai, Kujang , Erasama, Paradip and other areas with a common agenda, dispose of the day’s catch. With what could only …
Rattled by the recent incidents of grounding of ships, MV Wisdom, MT Pavit and MV Rak carrier, the fishermen's association in Mumbai today threatened to move the Bombay High Court over safety and security of coastal area and also for demanding compensation. Less than a month after MV Wisdom was …
MUMBAI: The city's fishing community, glued to television screens since Thursday, when the MV Rak Carrier sank with over 60,000 tonnes of coal and 343 tonnes of oil, became extremely worried on Sunday as news reached them that the ship had started leaking and that an oil slick had been …
The Indian National Centre of Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) is working towards covering the entire fishing community of the country under the Potential Fishing Zone advisory services that deliver accurate information on fish abundance. INCOIS has already covered all the coastal states of the country under this initiative. INCOIS officials …
Fishermen and fish breeders in the state are constantly getting the benefits of fisheries schemes. During the year 2011-12, twenty beneficiaries of 13 districts have been selected for fishing training under National Agriculture Development Scheme. Out of these, five beneficiaries are from Harda district, two each from Betul, Jabalpur and …
