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New Indian Express
26-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Draft coastal zone maps are flawed: Puducherry fishers
PUDUCHERRY: Members of the Meenavar Viduthalai Vengaigal, a fishermen's rights organisation, along with cadres of the CPI (M), staged a protest near Swadeshi Mills on Friday, demanding urgent rectification of the draft Coastal Zone Management Plans (CZMP). Leading the demonstration, R Mangayarselvan, founder of the organisation, alleged that the draft CZMP maps had failed to incorporate vital community assets essential for the livelihood and sustenance of the fishing community. He pointed out that critical zones such as fishing areas, breeding and spawning grounds, net-mending spaces, fish auction sites, and designated areas for long-term housing — all mandated under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification — had been omitted. Mangayarselvan further alleged that 551.2 acres of common property in Puducherry's coastal villages and another 175.04 acres in Karaikal had been deliberately excluded from the draft plans. 'These omissions pose a direct threat to the rights, traditions, and livelihoods of coastal fisherfolk. The draft must be revised to reflect ground realities and the provisions of the amended 2024 CRZ Notification,' he said. The protest also drew political support, with Leader of the Opposition R Siva and DMK convenor joining the agitation and endorsing the community's demands.
The Hindu
25-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Puducherry fishermen protest against flaws in Coastal Zone Management Plans
Members of the Meenavar Viduthalai Vengaigal, a fishermen organisation and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Puducherry, on Friday (July 25, 2025), staged a demonstration near the Swadeshi mills here, in protest against flaws in the Coastal Zone Management Plans. Leading the demonstration, R. Mangayarselvan, founder of the organisation demanded the inclusion of the fishing community's local infrastructure in the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) maps. He said the draft maps were incomplete and lacked specific details on fishing zones, breeding and spawning grounds, common properties of fishing communities, and a comprehensive plan for the long-term housing needs of coastal fishermen as specified in the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification. As many as 551.2 acres of local infrastructure in the coastal villages in Puducherry and 175.04 acres in Karaikal had been deliberately left out in the CZMP maps. He emphasised the need to include common properties, such as net-mending areas and fish auction or sale zones. The map, in its present form, is incomplete and not in tune with the amended Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 2024 since it had left out key land use spaces of fishermen, he added. Leader of Opposition R. Siva and representatives from CPI (M) participated.
