Survey for Rehabilitation of Fishermen

Sakaal, Saturday, December 5, 2020

The municipal corporation has today started the process of appointing a consultant to study the impact of the Coastal Road and prepare a plan for rehabilitation and compensation of the affected. Tenders have been announced for this. The municipal corporation will spend 9 crore 80 lakh rupees for this consultant.

Times News Service

Mumbai, 4th: The fishermen of Worli had also opposed the raising of two hulls in the sea for the coastal highway from Nariman Point.

But after a favourable decision from the municipality, the petition was dismissed in the court. After that, after two years, along with the rehabilitation of the fishermen.

Decision to conduct surveys

A large amount of fill has been dumped in the sea at Worli for the coastal road. Due to this, the families of Worli Koliwada are claiming that fishing in Worli area has been affected. Previously a survey had been conducted by the Institute of Marine Fisheries. In it, 800 fisherfamilies in Worli Koliwada were surveyed. He has expressed fear that the project will not only affect fishing, but also affect the breeding grounds of fish species.

Doubts about the survey

Urban planner Shweta Wagh, who petitioned the Supreme Court against sea filling, has cast doubt on the survey to be conducted two years after the project started. Many places have been filled. Therefore, the traditional spots of fishing have changed. Fish are not available in new places. Therefore, even if the survey is done now, they have doubts about how beneficial it is going to be.