Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS), Kutch, Gujarat

What a paradox! On one hand, we are engaged in intertidal fishing, a thriving craft that we have been practicing for over 200 years. On the other hand, exploitation by middlemen keeps us trapped in debts. In Vibrant Gujarat, we live in inhuman conditions without any access to basic amenities, education and health facilities. Now, we are being wiped out by Adani's Mundra Port and SEZ, OPG Power Plant etc. This is our struggle to win our right to live a dignified life.

Please sign the online petitions below to express your solidarity and support for the actions proposed by the Environment Ministry in the show cause notices
Petition for action against Mundra Port and SEZ
Petition for action against OPG Power Project

* If you face any difficulty in signing the petitions, please mail us on mass.kutch@gmail.com

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Adani projects: Eating into the sea?

The ports and Special Economic Zone (SEZ) being constructed by the Adani Group in Gujarat's Mundra is under the Environment Ministry's scanner after allegations that illegal construction in these have illegally reclaimed the fragile seashore. NDTV reports. Click on the image below to see the video.

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Labels: Adani, CRZ, CZMP, Intertidal area, MPSEZL

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Respectful Homage to a selfless worker and great leader

The Kutch Fishing community pays homage to NFF leader, Shri.Harekrishna Debnath. who passed away on 30th Dec, 2009

Background

1. Fishing in the Mundra Coast
2. Ecological Significance of the Mundra Area
3. Proposed Industries on the Mundra Coast
4. Likely Impact of Industries on Traditional Fishing
5. Our Demands
6. Fishworkers' Struggle in the press

About us

Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan(MASS), Kutch: Bhadreshwar, Kutch, Gujarat, India; Visitors are amazed by the resilience and endurance of the fishing community that has survived the odds of nature and the forces of modernization for nearly two centuries now. In the gunny bag shacks, they see a people whose self honour is intact and pride in their tradition, culture and work is still alive. The situation of the Kutch fishing community presents many paradoxes. On one hand, we are engaged in a thriving craft that fetches us a steady reasonable income. On the other hand, exploitation by middlemen keeps us trapped in debts. Without any access to basic amenities, education and health facilities, we are denied of rights enshrined in India’s constitution. Now, our occupation - traditional fishing is at risk. Like ants being trampled by a herd of elephants, we are at threat of being wiped out by Adani's Mundra Port and SEZ, OPG Power Plant etc. All are equal, but some are more equal than others seems to be the case here as our rights continue to be violated in-spite of our appeals to all quarters for several years now. MASS is our tradeunion, based out of Bhadreshwar, Mundra Taluk, Kutch working to win our rights. Write to us at mass.kutch@gmail.com

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Development must be Local and Indigenous to be Sustainable. The Fishworkers' Sustainable Development Vision conforms with Gandhiji's Swadeshi Principle.

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