Fisherfolk agitate against delay in rehabilitation
The Hindu
60 fisher families have been staying in four camps since 2016
Tense scenes unfolded at the regional office of the Kerala State Maritime Board in Valiyathura on Monday when numerous fisher families including those who have been languishing in relief camps for several years protested against the delay in their rehabilitation.
Nearly 60 families who hailed from places including Valiythura, Puthenthope and Beemapally have been residing in four camps that have been functioning in various schools and godowns in the region since 2016.
Such displaced families along with many others who were rendered homeless in the sea erosions that ravaged the coast during the last few years attempted to barge into the office. Accusing the government of abandoning them by making hollow promises, the agitators refused to disperse until they were provided a concrete assurance of plans to rehabilitate them.
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