Fishermen against seaplanes on Ashtamudi lake - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENt
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/fishermen-against-seaplanes-on-ashtamudi-lake/article7450173.ece Members of the fishing community have protested against moves by the State government to start seaplane services from the Ashtamudi lake. At a press conference here on Tuesday, general secretary of the National Fishworkers Forum T. Peter wanted the government to reconsider the decision. He said the project would be strongly opposed by the fishing community members under the banner of the Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation. “That is because the seaplane project will impair the livelihood of the inland fishermen.” He said already the fish catch from inland water sources was poor. The seaplane project will deny the fishermen some of their traditional fishing grounds of the lake. The project is one that will help the tourism lobby but it will be at the cost of the fishermen, he alleged. Strong agitations will be organised against it, he warned. Mr. Peter also said in the list of beneficiaries for fishermen’s housing project, ineligible persons have also found place. Many eligible persons from the fishing community have been left out. He wanted the list to be rectified. Federation leaders A. Andrews, S. Francis and P.P. John were present. -- 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 greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
