Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, Nov 08, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, Nov 08, 2002 |
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Aquaculture Karnataka fishermen plan stir in support of demands Our Bureau
MANGALORE, Nov. 7 FISHERMEN in Karnataka are to observe the World Fisheries Day on November 21 as a `fishing holiday' throughout the Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada coastline. According to the Coastal Karnataka Fishermen's Action Committee here, World Fisheries Day will also be marked by a rail roko agitation and fishermen will lay siege to the New Mangalore Port and stop work on the Karwar commercial port. Representatives of the National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) had met the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in July and put before him a charter of 11 demands, which were to have been settled before October. However, according to NFF representatives here, nothing has come of this assurance. Among other things, the fishermen are demanding a waiver on Central excise duty on diesel used in fishing vessels and an increase in the quota of kerosene earmarked for fishermen using traditional boats. NFF has planned similar protests across the country and has also threatened to launch an indefinite agitation if other means of persuasion fail.
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