Campaign against CZM notification

Campaign against CZM notification

 

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala unit of the National Campaign Committee against Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Notification has urged the Government to abort the move to replace the Coastal Regulation Zone strategy with the CZM policy. A seminar organised by the unit at the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club here on Tuesday said the CZM notification issued by the Central Government would bring untold hardship to the residents in the coastal areas of the State. Speakers at the seminar said the notification would open the coast and the offshore areas up to 12 nautical miles to construction activities and other human intervention. They called upon the Assembly to take up the issue for discussion in the ongoing session and exert pressure on the Union Government to alleviate the apprehensions of the fisherfolk. The seminar decided to set up action committees to mobilise public opinion against the Government move to implement the notification without consulting fishworkers organisations and MPs and MLAs representing coastal constituencies.

(The Hindu, 25^th July 2007)