Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Wednesday, May 15, 2002 |
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Industry & Economy
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Environment Fishworkers to oppose ship breaking yard plan Our Bureau
CHENNAI, May 14 FISHWORKERS from the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, who have come together under the umbrella of the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), have decided to oppose the proposal for setting up a ship breaking yard at Valinokkam in Ramanathapuram district. According to Mr Ossie Fernandez of the Coastal Action Network, a coalition of State-based environment and fishworker groups, fishworkers, who had come together during the NFF rally along the State's coast recently, have objected the project since it would cause serious environmental problems along the coast. However, he said, the project proposal has faced problems in getting clearance from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, which has also communicated its displeasure to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The NFF rally had helped in bringing together the various fishworker groups along the State's coast to focus on environmental and livelihood problems faced by them, according to Mr Fernandez. The fishworker groups from Tamil Nadu will also be participating in the agitation being planned by NFF in front of Parliament from July 25, he added. This agitation is aimed to pressurise the Centre to implement some of the commitments it had made. This includes the implementation of the 21 recommendations of the Murari Committee, which were approved by the Central Cabinet in September 1996. According to a statement issued by NFF, fishworkers from Cuddalore district do not want the State Government to proceed with its proposal to expand the SIPCOT phase II, since the pollution problem from the industrial establishments themselves have not been sorted out. Fishworkers also want the State Government to give them monetary compensation during the 45-day fishing ban period, which started on April 15. Further, they want the subsidy for outboard engines and fibreglass boats, which was discontinued a few years ago, to continue.
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