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Uprooted Manipur lake fishermen in deep water, will fight [1]

Loktak freshwater lake has been their source of living for generations

Protesting eviction, fishermen of the Loktak lake in Manipur have decided to fight for their rights. A meeting of fishermen and their family members, held on the Thanga islet on Sunday, condemned the “insensitive decision” of the government which forbids them from machine-fishing and plucking edible water plants in the largest freshwater lake in the northeast, their source of livelihood for generations.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2013
Iboyaima Laithangbam [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Manipur [4], Bishnupur (D) [5], Loktak [6], Tourism [7], High Court [8], Compensation [9], Water Resources [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/iboyaima-laithangbam
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/manipur
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bishnupur-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/loktak
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tourism
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources