-Caveat Lector- UPDATE FROM CHILIKA. About 25000 fishermen and women blockaded the main approach road to the Orissa state assembly house under the auspicious of Chilika Mastyajibi Mahasangha demanding immediate demolition of all prawn farms in Chilika lake. They demanded implementation of the supreme court judgement of 12th December 1996 banning all aquaculture with in 1000 meters of the Chilika lake and with in the coastal regulation zone, i.e 500 Mts. from the high tide line along the coastline of the country. the Orissa Assembly was beginning its monsoon session today(July 2). The blockade started at 11 am. A delegation of fisherpeople held talks with the chief minister who reassured the leaders that all kinds of aquaculture will be banned in Chilika. For this purpose a bill will be passed in the current session of of the assembly. The huge gathering continued till 5.00 PM and dispersed after persuasion by the leaders of all opposition parties if the state. The meeting was presided over by the President of Chilika Matsyajibi Mahasangha(CMM) Shri. Raghunath Bala. Among those who spoke on the occasion were Shri Harekrishna Debnath(Chairperson National Fish workers Forum), Shri Anadi Behra, secretary CMM, B.B Harichandan, Narasingha Mishra(state MLA's), P.K Das, Abani kumar Baral, state secretary Communist party of India. shri Janardhan Pati state secretary Communist Party of India (Marxist) were among the speakers. K. ALAYA ( All Orissa Traditional Marine Fishery People Federation) **************************************************************************** ***** Thomas Xavier Kocherry Co-ordinator, World Forum of Fish-harvesters and Fishworkers [WFF] Co-ordinator, National Alliance of Peoples Movements (India), [NAPM] Velankanny, Junction, Valiathura, Thiruvananthapuram 695 008, INDIA Phone & Fax: +91 - 471 - 50 1376; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.south-asian-initiative.org/wff DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
