Shev Koliwada’s inhabitants turned to the High Court Bombay against more organs. File | Photo Credit: Hind
Residents of Sheva Koliwada in uranium taluka of Raigad district, Maharashtra, Who Have SPENT The Past 40 Years in A Transit Camp, Have APProache the Bombay High Court Against Multiple Authorities Shipping and Waterways, The Divisional Commissioner of Konkan Division, The Raigad District Collector, and Cidco – Alleging False Rehabilitation.
Pursuant to Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, the petition is looking for court instructions against JNPA for what the petitioners describe as a gross inability to fulfill legal obligations under the Maharashtra Act of 1976.
Property – Maharashtra on a small scale of the traditional Union of Fishermen, represented by its President Nandkumar W. Pawar and Secretary of Ramesh B. Koli – looking for suitable orders for permanent and adequate rehabilitation of 256 families displaced as a result of Jawaharal Nezru Port Project).
The petition urges the time -bound implementation of the rehabilitation plan approved by January 24, which includes an allocation of 10.16 hectares of land, interim assistance, compensation for prolonged displacement and appointment of a court with a monitored committee to supervise the implementing process.
In recent years, the prolonged struggle has drawn attention to the media and administrative attention. The report called “40 years in a transit camp” published in Hindu 16 November 2024 and subsequent measures on November 20, 2024 emphasized the election boycotts affected by the community. After the cover, officials from the Indian Election Commission and the collector of the Raigad district visited the area and promised to give the requirements of the population higher authorities. December 19, 2024, a higher government official provided an oral assurance that permanent housing would soon be provided.
14th April, however, protested more than 400 inhabitants outside the Office of the South and showed a photo of Dr. Bric Ambedkara and a copy of the Constitution in a symbolic request for justice. The protest was held to draw attention to the displacement of the community and delay in rehabilitation by state and central governments.
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The petition, filed through the defense counsel of Siddhartha Sonaji Ingle, also seeks to compensate for 50 lacquers for each family, quotes “disproportionate problems, delay and mental anxiety” caused by non -implementation of rehabilitation measures despite multiple government settling in four decades.
The residents also demanded immediate upgrades to existing transit camps, including the provision of safe drinking water, hygiene, drainage, reliable electricity, structural security and other basic services for families affected projects.
Mr. RAMESH KOLI, 65, SAID, “We Have Had North Meetings with All Kinds of Government Officials All These Years, FROM CMS, to Guardian Minister, to Different Union Minister Post … Governments Changed in This State and Country, But We Have Remained in the Same Transit Camp, Waiting for Our Independence, Hoping Some Day Will Get Our Lost Homes, our village, which the country took us in the name of development and forgot people for mega.
He also stated that the affected families were ensured during the displacement process on employment and local business opportunities. “To date, however, none of the affected families of Fisherfolka has received any job or any company to keep their families,” he said.
“We are an indigenous, indigenous community of this region that has lost everything under the robe of development. Traditional fishing practices have decreased because the fishing zones were assigned to various projects and high industrial pollution. Mr. Koli added.
Published – June 18, 2025 9:12
