Venture Sails Into Troubled Waters! 6 Years On, Uttan’s ‘Fishery Hub’ Venture Caught In Limbo

Greater than six years after the state authorities authorities envisaged to arrange a “Fisheries Hub” within the coastal belt of Uttan close to Bhayandar, the much-needed facility for the fishing group continues to stay in limbo. Listed with state-of-the-art facilities facilitating-long and brief time period chilly storages, processing and packaging of fish, logistical preparations for transportation, trendy markets, the venture was deliberate on the 75 acre plot within the premise of the present waste course of plant and rubbish dumping floor in Uttan’s Dhaavgi village. 

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In Sep 2016, MBMC’s normal physique issued a decision

A decision to this impact was handed within the normal physique of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Company (MBMC) in September 2016, following which a panel instituted by the Fisheries Division below the aegis of the Maharashtra State Fisheries Improvement Company performed an in depth examine to determine the feasibility of the venture. The proposed hub had sailed into troubled waters apparently after failing feasibility exams owing to defective location and ecological and air pollution points. 

The panel had not solely discovered the 45 acres (remaining 30 acres occupied for dumping and processing waste) to be small but additionally raised query marks on the situation, which is away from the ocean, compounded by the stench emanating from the dumping yard, rendering the proposed fishing hub and unrealistic venture to financial institution upon. No additional makes an attempt have been made by the involved authorities to relocate the proposed venture. That is even if the fishing group is struggling because of a scarcity of amenities like platforms to dry the fish, chilly storage, correct touchdown jetties and even rubber fenders to tag the boats safely. 

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“Plots gaining access to roads having shut proximity to the ocean, like one situated close to Tarodi, will be splendid to arrange the hub. The administration ought to attempt to annex adjoining land parcels in order that the proposed fishing hub can simply be changed into a actuality,” stated fishing group chief and dealing president of the Akhil Maharashtra Machhimaar Kruti Samiti-Bernard D’mello. “We’re completely unaware about any new developments associated to the revival of the venture,” stated a senior officer hooked up to the fishery division. 

MMRDA was chosen because the SPA for the Gorai-Manori-Uttan belt

Notably, the Mumbai Metropolitan Area Improvement Authority (MMRDA), which has been appointed because the particular planning authority (SPA) for the Gorai-Manori-Uttan belt, had notified 18,341 sqmt of land (privately owned 15,582 and government-owned 2759) in Pali village for amenities like chilly storage, fish processing unit and market in its improvement management rules (DCR)-2012. 

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Nonetheless, 5 coastal villages in Uttan are but to be included within the newest DP printed by the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Company (MBMC). The quaint fishing villages, together with Uttan, Pali, Dongri, Bhatte Bunder and Chowk, are house to greater than 750 boats within the area, which is the only supply of livelihood for a serious part of the populace dwelling within the coastal belt.