Comment/Editorial: Don’t wait to be swept away

ICSF, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (1999) Comment/Editorial: Don’t wait to be swept away. Samudra Report (23). p. 1. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

“The hurricane showed no mercy to the children of the sea,” lamented a fisherman in the aftermath of Hurricane Thuth. It was Saturday, 29 May 1999. “2A” or “Hurricane Thuth” travelled at the speed of an Avro aeroplane and hit the coastal border villages of India and Pakistan. About 300 people on the Indian side and around 500 on the Pakistan side perished. Thousands were rendered homeless. Almost all those who died on the Indian side, in the State of Gujarat, were fishermen. After this devastating incident, we at ICSF received a letter from a Gujarat fisherman asking why we do not carry any articles on aspects of safety of life at sea. His query made us sit up and think. SAMUDRA Report has, in fact, carried only a couple of articles on safety at sea, an issue vital to the lives of fishworkers. This issue of SAMUDRA Report is our answer to the Gujarat fishermans query.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0293
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Hurricane, India, Pakistan, Fishing Boats, Early Warning System, Comment/Editorial
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2021 07:33
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 14:32
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/683

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