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<br><font color="#000000"><font><b>Documentation Centre</b></font></font><br><br><font color="#000000"><font><b>Weekly News Alert</b></font></font><br><br><font color="#000000"><font><b>01 October – 05 October 2012</b></font></font><br>
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<br>Dear Subscriber,<br><br>Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 01 to 05 October 2012.<br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
<br><b>West Bengal: Make promoters pay to restore ponds: Experts</b><br><a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-02/flora-fauna/34217263_1_waterbodies-k-d-raju-expert-panel">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-02/flora-fauna/34217263_1_waterbodies-k-d-raju-expert-panel</a><br>
<br>Kolkata: Ponds and wetlands are under siege. Every day a new pond is being filled up in the city and peri urban areas with total disregard for the acts and rules against the aggression. Why so? The state government doesn't have an inventory of waterbodies and wetlands in the state, and doesn't have a clue to enforce the law...<br>
<br><b>Odisha: Odisha CM hails role of cooperatives to consolidate the rural economy</b><br><a href="http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=36721">http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=36721</a><br><br>Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patanik hails the role of cooperatives to consolidate the rural economy. He said this during the East Zone Cooperative Conference in Bhubaneswar. Patnaik said that, "In Odisha the cooperatives have been providing agricultural credit to the extent of around 65 percent of the total credit in the sector...<br>
<br><b>Tamil Nadu: Fishermen stir against diesel hike from October 5</b><br><a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-29/chennai/34163637_1_diesel-price-hike-sri-lankan-navy-fishermen">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-29/chennai/34163637_1_diesel-price-hike-sri-lankan-navy-fishermen</a><br>
<br>Chennai: Over 3,000 fishing boats will stay in dock indefinitely in various ports of the state from October 5 to protest against the diesel price hike. Three unions, the Mechanised Trawlers Association, Fibre Boat Owners Association and Small Boat Owners Association, have called back all boats at sea...<br>
<br><b>Kerala: Water hyacinth covers the serene Vembanad Lake</b><br><a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-05/kochi/34278494_1_water-hyacinth-shaji-v-nair-swtd">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-05/kochi/34278494_1_water-hyacinth-shaji-v-nair-swtd</a><br>
<br>Alappuzha: The all pervading water hyacinth in Vembanad Lake is giving the tourism industry, the fishermen and the boat passengers a tough time. The Chinese net operators in Kuttanad, Thanneermukkom and Muhamma area have stopped catching fish as their fishing nets have been getting damaged due to the weeds...<br>
<br><b>Karnataka: No fishing in KRS; vendors in fix</b><br><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/282440/no-fishing-krs-vendors-fix.html">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/282440/no-fishing-krs-vendors-fix.html</a><br>
<br>The ongoing struggle protesting against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu has not only disrupted vehicular traffic between the two states, but also has an impact on the lives of the vendors and fishermen at Krishnarajasagar reservoir (KRS dam)...<br>
<br><b>Goa: Benaulim fishermen taught scheme awareness</b><br><a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-25/goa/34081964_1_benaulim-fisheries-department-welfare-schemes">http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-25/goa/34081964_1_benaulim-fisheries-department-welfare-schemes</a><br>
<br>Margao: In a bid to get all fishermen from Benaulim acquainted with the various schemes of the fisheries department, local MLA Caetano 'Caitu' D'Silva arranged a public awareness meeting organized by officials from the state fisheries department in Benaulim on Monday...<br>
<b><br>Gujarat: Pakistan arrests 33 Indian fishermen</b><br><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jV0jey5OgRXnxLh3DKqwJwitHNnA?docId=CNG.947ce3b556cf64b7cac3b74bf6012e24.161">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jV0jey5OgRXnxLh3DKqwJwitHNnA?docId=CNG.947ce3b556cf64b7cac3b74bf6012e24.161</a><br>
<br>Karachi — Pakistan on Monday arrested 33 Indian fishermen, weeks after it announced the release of all jailed Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture, a statement said. The fishermen along with five fishing boats were held Monday evening by Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency (MSA) in the country's territorial waters in the Arabian Sea during routine patrols, it said in a statement...<br>
<b><br>India: Fish production set to cross 13 mt by 2016: Assocham</b><br><a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article3958144.ece">http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article3958144.ece</a><br>
<br>Hyderabad: Fish production in India is set to cross 13 million tonnes from the current level of nine million tonnes by 2016, according to a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India...<br><br>
<b>Bangladesh: Sunamganj fishermen get new lease on life</b><br><a href="http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=233303&cid=2">http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=233303&cid=2</a><br><br>Dhaka: Ownership over wetlands, better known as Haors, has brought fishermen of Sunamganj the life they were meant to have but have long been denied. The wind of change was heralded by a project, Community-Based Resource Management Project (CBRMP) of the Local Government Division, allowing the fishermen in the Haor areas to take wetlands in the district on lease...<br>
<br><b>Pakistan: 46 fishermen released from India share tales of misery</b><br><a href="http://dawn.com/2012/10/01/46-fishermen-released-from-india-share-tales-of-misery/">http://dawn.com/2012/10/01/46-fishermen-released-from-india-share-tales-of-misery/</a><br>
<br>Karachi: There were tears, hugs and the joy of family reunions in the air as the Karachi Fish Harbour welcomed back 46 fishermen recently released from Indian jails. Having had their first proper meal after months in Lahore and being handed over to Pakistan authorities at Wagah soon after that, the men boarded a coach which brought them to Karachi on Saturday evening...<br>
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