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Civics tawa matsya-sangh
1.
2. THE Tawa Matsya
Sangh (TMS), a
cooperative of tribal
fishermen displaced
by a dam project.
3. The license to fish in the
reservoir expired, and
since then all hell has
broken loose. The
reservoir was created
when a dam was built on
the river Tawa, a tributary
of the Narmada river, in
1974. tms, comprising
tribals the dam had
displaced, was formed as
a platform demanding
their right to fish in the
reservoir; tms has
managed fishing there
since 1996.
Actual picture of fishing in tawa river
4. Despite the expiry of the licence,
and non-renewal, tms fisherfolk
continued to fish in the reservoir.
tms is caught in a regulatory
pincer. On the one hand, there is
the Madhya Pradesh Matsya
Mahasangh (MPMM), the state’s
nodal fishery body, which shows
no signs of renewing tms’s
licence. The agency, responsible
for granting inland fishing rights
statewide, is itself eyeing the
resource-rich reservoir. tms fears
if the nodal body wins the case, it
may restrain tms from a bid,
despite the co-operative’s huge
success in the last 10 years. “On
December 14, 2006, we
approached the Supreme Court
for fishing rights in the reservoir.
Tribal people sitting on dharna
5. The Sangh comprises 38
primary cooperatives of
tribal persons whose
villages were submerged
following the construction
of the Tawa dam on the
Tawa river, a tributary of
the Narmada, in 1975. But
the government has given
indications that the lease
will not be renewed once it
expires on December 23. .
Fisher men near tawa reservoir
6. The forest department
has banned
agriculture, saying
crops attract wildlife,
creating a conflict
between villagers and
animals.
Tribe women
7. Tms also moved an
application to cec on
February 2, 2007, to
demand fishing rights.
Both parties were
called by cec for a
hearing on February 8,
2007.
Villager showing legal document.