Fishermen with their boats in the Totladoh reservoir which falls under the Pench national park, Nagpur, Maharashtra. About 600 traditional fishermen in the district have alleged that they have lost their only source of livelihood after the Maharashtra government clamped a ban on fishing in Totladoh reservoir under the wildlife act. What is very surprising about the issue is that fishermen on the Madhya Pradesh side of the reservoir have been granted the fishing rights.
Fishermen with their boats in the Totladoh reservoir which falls under the Pench national park, Nagpur, Maharashtra. About 600 traditional fishermen in the district have alleged that they have lost their only source of livelihood after the Maharashtra government clamped a ban on fishing in Totladoh reservoir under the wildlife act. What is very surprising about the issue is that fishermen on the Madhya Pradesh side of the reservoir have been granted the fishing rights.
View of houses in the Totladoh village. A fishing net is spread for drying up and below are few hens trying to salvage some food items from the ground. Fishing is the chief source of livelihood of people living in this village. This has been taken away from them following a ban imposed by the Maharashtra government on fishing in the Totladoh reservoir.
A middle-aged women blushing for the CSE photographer. However there is not much blush left in their real lives as fishing, their main source of livelihood has been taken away from them under the wildlife act. The Maharashtra government has banned fishing in the Totladoh reservoir which falls under thePpench national park
View of houses in the Totladoh village. A fishing net is spread for drying up and below are few hens trying to salvage some food items from the ground. Fishing is the chief source of livelihood of people living in this village. This has been taken away from them following a ban imposed by the Maharashtra government on fishing in the Totladoh reservoir.