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LIVELIHOOD OF FISHERFOLKS
Fisherfolk
left out in the cold
The
National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF) is most upset with the
government’s 2007 Coastal Zone Management (CZM) notification. The
NFF sees the new notification as a sinister attempt to remove
fishermen and bring in Special Economic Zones (SEZs), tourist resorts
and ports all along India’s golden coastline. The CZM notification
will replace the older 1991 Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules. The
new CZM has been drafted on the basis of recommendations made by the
MS Swaminathan Committee. Environmentalists and NFF feel the earlier
CRZ rules, which restricted development close to the sea and
recognised the rights of fisherfolk, made more sense. With sea levels
rising, the coast needs protection.
by
Rina Mukherji, Civil Society, 01/01/2008
Fishing
in troubled waters
SUBAL
Patra has a son studying in Class V. Arjun Patra sends his daughters to
an English medium school. Khoka Mandal, Rabin Mandal, Suman
Bej,
Jagannath Patra, Shyamal Das, Hara Prasad Manna and Ashoke Mandal are
also making all possible efforts to send their children to school. Some
of these children are going to college as well and look forward to a
bright future. Khoka, Arjun, Rabin and Jagannath were not so fortunate.
Their parents could not support their education. Most of them are now
in their early forties, some are well past fifty. They passed through a
turbulent childhood, forced to earn their livelihood quite early in
life.
by
Milindo Chakrabarti, Civil Society, 01/01/2008
