Fish vendors planning stir By Meera Manu - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
17th June 2013 11:51 AM - Photos<http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Fish-vendors-planning-stir/2013/06/17/article1638996.ece#tabs-275876-1> - The scarcity of fish in the city owing to the ongoing trawling ban may become acute with fish vendors at Connemara Market in Palayam readying to resort to a tougher way of protest, if their demands are not met. The vendors, under the aegis of the Connemara Market Janakeeya Samithi, have submitted a proposal to the City Corporation asking for better facilities for them to do business, after taking out a protest against allocating space for Kudumbashree units to exhibit and sell handicrafts in the market. With the onset of the monsoon, the fish vendors are facing more difficulties, including issues like waste management and drainage problems. “If the facilities are not provided immediately, the vendors will not pay the daily floor rent. The women fish vendors are the worst to suffer out of this lackadaisical attitude on the part of the Corporation. When they are much interested in allotting space for the Kudumbashree unit, the needs of the vendors are neglected,” said Maglin Peter, convenor of Connemara Market Janakeeya Samithi and state secretary of Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation. A toilet block with rooms to take rest built in the market spending a Rs 10 lakh is yet to be opened. Maglin said that even after holding a discussion with Mayor K Chandrika soon after staging a protest, nothing had happened. While the Samithi is not against allocating space for Kudumbashree upstairs, the Corporation says that would not be possible as only a semi-permanent structure is ideal for the market, as the project of giving a facelift to the market in association with TRIDA and INKEL is still on. Meanwhile, the trial run is taking place at the biogas plant built with the KSUDP (Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project) funding. The plant, which has the capacity to process two tonnes of waste per day, can be a solution to the waste woes of the fish vendors. “The entire garbage generated in the market can be processed in the plant. The process of installing a generator is going on, after which it will turn fully functional,” said Palayam Rajan, Welfare Standing Committee chairman and Palayam ward councillor. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
