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The missive further states, “Electricity and h2o theft takes spot owed to shrimp ponds activity. Because adjacent today, the farmers person to look a dire concern owed to deficiency of irrigation water, shrimp farmers are capable to get arsenic overmuch h2o arsenic they need, owed to manus successful mitt with authorities officials.”
Senior Congress person of Surat and advocator Darshan Naik Thursday sent a written ailment to National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson Prakash Shrivastava against “illegal” shrimp ponds connected authorities onshore worthy Rs 10,000 crore. Seeking enactment by the Tribunal, Naik claimed that specified ponds person affected the situation arsenic good arsenic livelihood of people.
In the ailment missive Naik says, “Representations and complaints successful narration to amerciable shrimp ponds connected authorities onshore were made astatine the highest level for the past 8-10 years. The contented of shrimp ponds has been raised from the Gram Panchayat to the Assembly, contempt this, adjacent contiguous the concern of shrimp ponds is going connected successful afloat swing, yet nary enactment is being taken by the administration. This has affected the situation and livelihood of the full area.”
The missive further adds, “According to the accusation sought nether RTI from the District Land Registry Department regarding the measurement done, a full of 1343.9 hectares (1,34,39,000 sq.m.) of onshore successful Olpad taluka of Surat territory is covered with shrimp ponds. The full fig of ponds operating illegally connected authorities onshore successful Majura taluka of Surat metropolis is 5,641 and full country is 4,039 hectares, covering 4 hectares (1,34,39,000 sq m). This onshore falls nether CRZ (Coastal Regulatory Zone) area, hence anterior support from Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority is required, but contempt the information that nary support has been obtained by the encroachers.”
The missive further states, “Electricity and h2o theft takes spot owed to shrimp ponds activity. Because adjacent today, the farmers person to look a dire concern owed to deficiency of irrigation water, shrimp farmers are capable to get arsenic overmuch h2o arsenic they need, owed to manus successful mitt with authorities officials.”
Naik, successful his letter, besides brought allegations against the Olpad Choryasi Mamlatdar, Deputy Collector, Fisheries Department, DGVCL (Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited), Irrigation Department and others progressive successful shrimp business. The missive claimed that owed to shrimp ponds, farmers and authorities treasury are suffering losses of lakhs and crores of rupees each year.
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