Fishermen plan protest against new Secretariat project at Foreshore Estate on Sept. 29

Fishermen from Ennore to Kovalam have planned to stage an agitation on September 29 against the proposal to construct the Secretariat at Foreshore Estate in Chennai. The protest will be held at Foreshore Estate with community leaders from the other districts too likely to join.

Fishing leader K. Bharathi said the protest has been announced because there was no move by the government to drop the proposal. “We had hoped that once the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay returned from his trip to London, he would take a call. Since our people have voted for him, we hoped he would reciprocate that love for us. But no,” he alleged.