Against Manipur Loktak Lake Protection Act 2006
- Various Orgs relating to Loktak Lake -
Ningthoukhong, 6 April 2011
Around 1000 people mostly women belonging to fishing families from the surroundings of the Loktak resolved to press the Government for scrapping controversial Manipur Loktak Lake (Protection) Act, 2006. The resolutions also included forming a Joint Committee of all the People's organizations around the Lake for all necessary follow up actions.
The resolutions were reached in a one day public discussion on the controversial The Manipur Loktak Lake (Protection) Act, 2006 today at Ningthoukhong Bazaar.
Many who discussed the Act threadbare highlighted fundamental flaws in the process of formulating the Act that directly affected the livelihoods of thousands of fishers' population (90%) surviving by the Lake and stressed the importance of the rights of community participation in protecting the endangered ecology of Loktak Lake.
Many women leaders and men representing various fishers' organizations expressed serious concerns on the intent of the Act which overlooked the socio-economic and cultural rights of the people and ecological relationships with the Lake.
"The Act", said one women, "is direct and immediate threat to my right to daily livelihood and so I shall fight till death." They also threatened to boycott the forthcoming election if the present MLAs of the areas do not support the people's movement and initiate processes to review the Act involving people who will be directly affected.
Released by
1. All Loktak Lake Floating Hut Dwellers Hut Dwellers & Fishermen Progressive Committee (Apunba Lup)
2. All Loktak Fishing Workers Assn.
3. The All Manipur Thanga People Welfare Assn.
4. The Loktak Peoples Forum
5. All Loktak Lake Floating Hut Dwellers & Fishermen Progressive Committee (Nupi Apunba Lup)
This information is sent to e-pao.net by Ram Wangkheirakpam (North East Peoples Alliance) . The sender can be contacted at wangkheilakpa(at)gmail(dot)com
This PR was webcasted on April 06 2011 .
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