Fishermen block channel

26 Feb 2021 / JNPT port, India

The channel to JNPT was blocked for a little over five hours this morning (26 February) by protesting fishermen from the area, affecting all vessel movements at the port. Channel movements resumed at 12.15 hours local time after a meeting with the fishermen was concluded.

In January 2021, fisherfolk families in the area had called to stop the movement of ships. The villagers have been at a transit camp at JNPT for over 40 years after their land were acquired for the country’s largest container port. They had written to the Chief Minister about their protest and had decided to launch a ’Channel Bandh’ agitation, by blocking channel movements.

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