Rameswaram fishermen stage sit-in protest demanding retrieval of traditional beach land
Fishermen in Rameswaram staged a protest against the alleged fraudulent transfer of traditional beach land to a private individual. The protesters demanded the cancellation of the land title and the restoration of their access to the area used for mooring boats.
Why it matters
It highlights ongoing conflicts between traditional livelihood rights and land privatization in coastal regions.
Fishermen led by CITU –Marine Workers Union staged a sit-in protest on the Rameswaram Tahsildar office premises demanding the retrieval of land traditionally used by fishermen on the Thangachimadam Ariyankundu beach.
District Secretary N.P. Senthil stated, “Revenue department officials have fraudulently transferred the patta of the land, which has been used by fishermen for the past three generations to moor boats and weave nets on the Thangachimadam Ariyankundu beach near Rameswaram, to an individual.”
The person who newly purchased that place used a crane to demolish and destroy the fishermen’s union shed and board, he added.
He urged that a case be registered against the persons involved in this act and that the patta transfer granted for the land used by the fishermen be cancelled.
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