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 …
A four-year long big project is being implemented by the department of fisheries (DoF) at 135 upazilas of 23 districts of the country. Started from July, 2010, the project is aimed at enhancing fish production in the country to meet the growing demand for the nutrition of the people through …
Ask Chennai's fisherfolk and they will tell you that the road to hell is built on stilts. Various Central and state government agencies plan to construct three controversial expressways on stilts in the coastal city. These roads will displace more than 1 lakh people — mostly urban poor — and …
PARADIP: Tension mounted at Sandhkuda area over eviction of 445 families from the slum area for construction of sea surge protection wall and laying of pipeline of oil refinery project of IOC. In the review meeting held last week, State Chief Secretary Bijya Pattnaik directed the district administration to evict …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Work on a model fishing village scheme started with an outlay of Rs.200 crore in the current financial year will be completed within five years, Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has said. In his budget speech in the Assembly on Thursday, Dr. Isaac saidall fish workers would be enrolled …
Visakhapatnam, Feb. 4: The East Coast Ene-rgy Private Limited Thermal Power management has come forward to compensate the farmers and the fisherfolk whose land was being acquired for developing the super thermal power project in Kakarapalli village in Santabommali mandal in the district. East Coast Energy Private Limited is a …
Thiruvananthapuram: The National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) and the Kerala Swatantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) have decided to launch a nation-wide agitation from February 25 in protest against some of the
PARADIP: Leakage of acid water from the Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) pipelines has posed a threat to the aquatic life affecting the livelihood of over 500 fishermen here. Sources said due to the leakage acid water from gypsum pipeline of PPL entered into rivers, creeks and prawn gheris in the …
Sri Lanka's Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ministry has launched a new insurance scheme for fisher families. Under the new scheme, the family of any fisherman who meets with an accident or any other issue at sea would be paid a sum of Rs. 100,000. Fisheries Minister Dr. Rajitha Senarathna says …
New CRZ notification sparks off fears, upsets fisherfolk MUMBAI: The new Coastal Zone Regulation (CRZ) 2011 which has opened up construction along the sea has sparked off fears of Mumbai being ringed with high rises and mutating into a
In a meeting held on Tuesday, fishermen and environmentalists strongly opposed the government proposal to relocate 1,356 slum tenements and evict more than 3,000 hutments in Srinivasapuram to create a 15-acre park near Adyar Creek. They also objected to the development of a 45-lakh square-feet commercial hub which includes theatres …
If forests belong to the forest-dwellers, then the coastal areas should belong to the fishing community. Acting on this line, the government is proposing to bring in a new law
Although the CRZ 2011 notification came as a huge relief to the fishing community, the other violators would not be lucky enough as the Centre has stated it will direct the States to identify such violations within four months. Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh said that directions …
How investor-friendly is India? POSCO's Indian steel project INDIA needs steel, ports and investment. POSCO, a South Korean steel giant, wants to invest 545 billion rupees ($12 billion) to build a steel plant with a port in Orissa, a poorish state with lots of iron ore. It would be the …
After a eighteen-month long process, the CRZ Notification, 2011 is being formally notified and published. This replaces the CRZ Notification, 1991. This notification reconcile three objectives: protection of livelihoods of traditional fisherfolk communities; preservation of coastal ecology; and promotion of economic activity that have necessarily to be located in coastal …
For the very first time an Island Protection Zone Notification, 2011 is being notified and published covering Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. This notification reconcile three objectives: protection of livelihoods of traditional fisherfolk communities; preservation of coastal ecology; and promotion of economic activity that have necessarily to be located …
