September 24, 2020
The fish market has been in the heart of Mumbai for years
The president of AMMKS, Damodar Tandel, said, "The BMC had sent us the notice
without prior intimation. It is injustice, and if we are forced to shift, we
will protest and will stop the supply of fish to Mumbai.Mumbai: Fishermen from
Chhatr-apati Shivaji Fish garden
pond water pump Manufacturers Market — located near south Mumbai’s Crawford
Market — are up in arms against the civic body for directing them to shift base
to Airoli, as they feel their business would be badly affected.The BMC has
recently given them a notice to shift the market to the Navi Mumbai area, where
a spot has been allotted to them, from August 1. It is huge and 150 trucks are
parked there. The BMC had replied in the Bombay high court in 2017 that
activities in the fish market would continue but it sanctioned the 17-storey
building in the Development Plan 2034.A delegation from Akhil Maharashtra
Macchimar Kruti Samiti (AMMKS) met Maharashtra Navnir-man Sena chief Raj
Thackeray to discuss the matter..
The fish market has been in the heart of
Mumbai for years. We strongly protest against this, as it will affect almost
15,000 fisherwomen. We get fish from Sassoon Dock and Bhaucha Dhakka and
transporting them to Airoli is difficult."MNS spokesperson Sandeep Deshpande
said Mr Thackeray would meet municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi next week
to discuss the issue."Accusing the civic body of engaging in doublespeak, Mr
Tandel added, "The BMC wants to build a 17-storey building by demolishing our
one-storey market. "There will be no injustice to the fishermen," he said
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