Q2 Why did the fishermen of Chandwara district of Madhya Pradesh protest?
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Chhatarpur district
In 2019, Essel Mining & Industries Limited (EMIL), an Aditya Birla Group Company, won the Bunder diamond mine project in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. It is estimated that the Bunder diamond block has about 34 million carats of rough diamonds.
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Written By:
Sidharth MP
Updated:
Dec 20, 2021, 15:30 PM IST
Chennai: The fisherfolk and their family members staged a protest in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district on Monday (December 20) against the arrest of 55 Indian fishermen, confiscation of eight boats by the Sri Lankan Navy over the weekend.
The fishermen who had ventured out to sea from the fishing harbors in Rameswaram and Mandapam, were arrested for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters, according to the Lankan Navy.
As a mark of solidarity with the arrested fishermen, the protestors refused to venture out to sea on Monday and demanded their release. Notably, 55 fishermen being arrested in a span of two days in the highest number in recent times.
According to fishermen associations that took part in the protests, nearly 1500 boats were anchored at the fishing harbour. The decision to protest by refusing to venture out to sea is said to have caused a revenue loss to the tune of crores of rupees.
Urging the central government and Tamil Nadu government to intervene in the issue and seek the release of the fishermen, the associations warned of large-scale protests.
In videos of the protest, fisherfolk were heard raising slogans condemning the Lankan government, demanding the release of arrested persons and their boats.
Ramanathapuram, TN: Fisherfolk, families protest the arrest of 55 Indian fishermen& seizure of 8 boats by Sri Lankan Navy, over the weekend.
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