The issue of formalin, a toxic chemical used to preserve human bodies, being used to preserve fish has got much media attention. Starting with Kerala, where fish from Tamil Nadu allegedly contained traces of formalin, reports of formalin being detected have surfaced in Tamil Nadu also. Fish...
What happens to the 12 Rameswaram fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy last week may well decide what happens to fishing in the island. A new law passed by Sri Lankan Parliament that imposes harsh punishment on foreign fishermen looms over these fishermen. “We will know on July 12 what the Sri...
Thottiyadu is barely 55 km from Vizhinjam, the site of an upcoming port in Kerala. The port is coming up at a cost of Rs 7525 crore and is owned by the Kerala government and Adani Group. Vizhinjam sparked a controversy in Kerala owing to its environmental impact. While the issue has settled...
Pattinapakkam in Chennai must be among the most severe cases of sea erosion, going by the accounts of fishermen in that village who say that the sea that used to be 500 m away from their homes is now just 60 m away. “We put up sand bags to prevent sea water from coming into our house but it...
Seline’s family is totally dependent on what her husband Joseph earns in Iran. Some six months ago, Joseph, who lived in Rajakkamangalam in Kanyakumari district got visa to go and work in that country. Some 20 other fishermen from his village and other villages in Kanyakumari and Tuticorin went...
On Tuesday, Coast Guard rescued nine fishermen whose boat had overturned some 80 nautical miles into the sea off the coast of Chennai. The rescued fishermen are expected to be brought ashore by Thursday. The nine fishermen from Kasimedu went to the sea on June 17. They were on a gill net boat...
For Easwara Iyer, doing pujas at the Tiruchendur temple is a natural right bestowed on him since it is his traditional occupation. They are his source of livelihood too – actually, his only source. But what he and 300 other poojaris consider as their right is in jeopardy after the Madras High...
The monsoon may miss much of Tamil Nadu but arrives in full force in Kanyakumari, just like in Kerala. On Wednesday, too, there was pouring rain. As soon as they got a breather from the rain, some young people in Thoothoor’s Chinnathurai gathered on the village ground. Mostly barefoot, they...
Five days after the Tuticorin firing, Godwin was telling journalists from Inmathi that they should write such a powerful article that Sterlite should shut down. His sister's death shouldn’t be in vain, he explained. Eighteen-year-old Snolin was among those shot dead inside the Collectorate...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has ordered the permanent closure of Sterlite Copper smelting unit in Tuticorin. Meanwhile, District revenue officials have sealed the factory according to police sources. Despite this, residents of Kumarediyapuram, the focus of the 100- day...
