Fishworkers staged Secretariat dharna By Express News Service - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
26th June 2013 11:49 AM Fishworkers, under the aegis of the Kerala Swathanthra Malsyathozhilali Federation, staged a dharna in front of the Secretariat on Tuesday raising various demands. The dharna, which was inaugurated by National Fishworkers Forum national secretary T Peter, demanded immediate withdrawal of the move to establish a gas pipeline under the sea from Kochi to Kayankulam. Among the other demands were abandoning moves to reclaim sea for construction in the tourism sector as well as steps for rehabilitation of families of the fishworkers from areas vulnerable to sea erosion by providing them 5 cents of land and house elsewhere. Inaugurating the dharna, T Peter said development should not be at the cost of the fishworkers or by pushing them into utter poverty. The fishermen cannot be alienated from the sea, seashore, he said. A national-level strike will begin from Kerala on Sept 7, Peter said. Federation state president P P John, general sec Jackson Pollayil, Anto Elias, M Ambrose, P V Wilson, Elizabeth Antony and S Francis also spoke. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
