Coastal conservation doesn’t get its due | Janaki Lenin

The state is ignoring conservation, ecological and social concerns in its pursuit of building a shipping port in mangrove-rich Aghnashini estuary

Fishermen and their families living around the Aghnashini estuary on the west coast of India depend on its rich waters for their livelihoods. Now a Goliath of a seaport that ignores environmental laws is about to come up, says Meenakshi Kapoor of Centre for Policy Research-Namati Environment Justice Program.

The Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructural Development Corporation plans to build the state's largest port at Tadri in Aghnashini.