Tag: Fisherfolk

Traditional fisherfolk, who are key to such efforts, have mostly welcomed them, despite incurring heavy losses.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Traditional Fish Workers’ Union (OTFWU) has opposed the Centre’s Sagarmala project to construct a shipping corridor at 20 nautical miles close to territorial waters. In a press conference, members of OTFWU on Tuesday claimed that the project will destroy the marine ecosystem of the water bodies. The members opposed the project citing […]