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THE Tawa Matsya Sangh (TMS), a cooperative of tribal fishermen displaced by a dam project, held a workshop at Suktawa in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh on November 1 and 2. Economists, activists, academics, journalists and others attended. The event highlighted the achievements of the Sangh since its formation in 1996.
Today the Sangh comprises 38 primary cooperatives of tribal persons whose villages were submerged following the construction of the Tawa dam on the Tawa river, a tributary of the Narmada, in 1975. But the government has given indications that the lease will not be renewed once it expires on December 23.
The Sangh was formed after a struggle under the leadership of the Kisan Adivasi Sangathan, in response to which the State government accorded exclusive fishing rights to a cooperative of displaced fishermen. The federation of these cooperatives came to be known as the Tawa Matsya Sangh.