Goa could face Kerala-like scene if Sagarmala plans not dropped: NFF

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished May 22, 2022, 11:51 PM IST

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National Fishworkers Forum ( NFF) has on Sunday demanded that the government immediately stop port expansion plans in Kerala.

NFF General Secretary Olencio Simoes in a press release further said that Goan fishermen could face a Kerala-like situation if Sagarmala projects are not called off.

National Fishworkers Forum ended their 3rd state Machimaar Sangrash Yatra at Kerala. Forum members visited the affected village of Valiyathura,Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala where 400 families are displaced because of sea erosion due to dredging of Vizhinjan International Seaport.

NFF has demanded that the Central Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways should immediately stop port expansion plans in Kerala.

"We have also highlighted that Goa's fishermen and coastal dwellers will meet the same fate if the state government doesn't scrap Sagarmala plans in Goa," said Simoes.

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MLAs to be trained in working of House

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published May 22, 2022, 11:51 PM IST

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PANAJI Legislators will get a three-day training on the rules and procedures to be followed in the legislative assembly. As per the Cabinet decision, the Monsoon assembly session will start from July 11. Before the assembly session in the first week of June training will be given to the legislators, informed Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar. Out of 40 MLAs there are around 19 first-time legislators in this Goa Legislative assembly. "For better functioning of…