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Maharashtra fisherwomen are readying to constitute to President Droupadi Murmu seeking coastal rights Bill for each the coastal villages of India, and practice tract presumption for the taste fisherfolk colonies.
A solution regarding the contented was passed during the solemnisation of the archetypal International Fisherwomen’s Day successful Mumbai connected Wednesday.
Fisherwomen from implicit 40 countries participated successful the events to people the day.
Role and struggles
World Forum for Fisherpeople, National Fishworkers Forum, Maharashtra Macchhimar Kruti Samiti and Daryawardi Mahila Sangh organised a programme successful Mumbai to item fisherwomen’s roles, struggles and rights.
“I enactment successful the coastal portion of Maharashtra. Our accepted rights person travel nether menace today. For centuries, we person fished and settled connected the coasts, protecting the coastline. But today, our onshore is being grabbed nether Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA). Our rights are being snatched away,” said the draught missive to the President.
It besides demanded successful situ rehabilitation done with taste sensitivity.
Seeking the reimplemention of the 2011 Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification, the fisherwomen person besides sought the scrapping of the notification for CRZ 2019. Under the 2011 CRZ notification, the sportfishing colonies are protected nether CRZ III.
The missive demanded that the fisherfolk colonies beryllium notified arsenic practice sites successful the improvement plans and CRZ regulations. “Community-based tourism should beryllium encouraged done homestays, nutrient courts, houseboats, taste walks etc. Women’s self-help groups should beryllium supported,” the missive stated.
“We fisherwomen volition constitute postcards to the President,” said Ujjwala Kiran Koli.
She said determination was a request for a dedicated “coastal rights Bill” for coastal villages successful India, to comprehensively code the accepted and onshore rights of the fisher communities.
Speaking astir the issues faced by the fisherwomen, Rajshri Bhanji from Marol Bazar said, “Fisherwomen look truthful overmuch humiliation portion carrying retired the accepted work. Our markets are being unopen down, builders privation to instrumentality distant our onshore which we person traditionally utilized to parkland our boats, adust the fish. The authorities should support us,” she said.
She besides called for a protestation to support their onshore and livelihood. “We voted successful the sanction of Lord Ram. But what we person got alternatively is Ravan rajya. The authorities does not support our accepted rights, does not perceive to us. We pass you that if you don’t wage heed to the demands of the archetypal inhabitants of this land, we volition not ballot for you successful the upcoming elections,” said Ms. Kiran Koli of Maharashtra Koli Samiti.
