Fishermen from Worli said on Wednesday that BMC was trying to “deflect the main issue” by saying compensation will be given while they would want to continue the fishing occupation as it is.
Members of Worli Koliwada Nakhwa Matsya Vyavasay Sahkari Society Ltd in a letter to the media said that the coastal road has already destroyed their intertidal fishing area through reclamation, causing them hardship and losses, and now if navigation route is not provided, their livelihood will be finished.
“The BMC has no regard for rights of us kolis and our future,” they said in a statement.