What was the issue Tawa matsya sangh (TMS) fighting for? Why did the villagers set up this organisation???
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tawa Matsya Sangh is a federation of fisherworker's cooperatives. it is an organization fighting for the rights of the displace forest dwellers of the Satpura forest Madhya Pradesh. tawa dam was built over tawa river. it submerged a large area of forest and agricultural land. the forest dwellers were left with nothing. so they protested to get their right to continue fishing in that area.
The Tawa Matsya Sangh[TMS]is a federation of fisher workers cooperatives-an organisation fighting for the displaced forest dwellers of the Satpura Forest in Madhya Pradesh.
The Tawa dam submerged large areas of forest and agricultural land and the forest dwellers were left with nothing.
In 1994 when the government gave the rights for fishing in the Tawa reservoir to private’s contractors the villagers stood united and decided that it was a time to set up an organisation and do something to protect their rights.
The newly formed Tawa Matsya Sangh organised rallies and Chaka jam(Road blockage) demanding their livelihood.
In response to their protests,the government created a committee who decided to give the people displaced by the Tawa Dam the fishing rights for the reservoir.