Campaign against CZM notification Special Correspondent: http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/25/25hdline.htm Campaigners to take out march on August 9
Seminar decides to set up action committees THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala unit of the National Campaign Committee against Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Notification has urged the Government to abort the move to replace the Coastal Regulation Zone strategy with the CZM policy. A seminar organised by the unit at the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club here on Tuesday said the CZM notification issued by the Central Government would bring untold hardship to the residents in the coastal areas of the State. Speakers at the seminar said the notification would open the coast and the offshore areas up to 12 nautical miles to construction activities and other human intervention. They called upon the Assembly to take up the issue for discussion in the ongoing session and exert pressure on the Union Government to alleviate the apprehensions of the fisherfolk. The seminar decided to set up action committees to mobilise public opinion against the Government move to implement the notification without consulting fishworkers organisations and MPs and MLAs representing coastal constituencies. V. Vivekanandan of the South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies, Ahana Lakshmy of Trinet, T. Peter, State president of the Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation, V. Harilal, Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad, K. Vijayakumar, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute and S. Ravindran Nair, the former joint director of the Fisheries, were among those who addressed the gathering. Campaign committee convenor T. Peter said hundreds of letters against the CZM notification would be posted to President Pratibha Patil on July 26. The committee will also take out a march to Central Government offices all over the State on August 9. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
