Honnavar Fishing Communities Fear Threat to Livelihood
The livelihoods of the fishing communities of Honnavar in Uttara Kannada are threatened as a result of the declining catch and the negligence of the government.
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Sharma lives in a corner of Mambakkam apparently segregated for migrant labourers. He lives with 20 others like him in a rented house. “The locals don’t like us especially since the mass firings began. They don’t like the fact that we are employed while they aren’t.”