Vadhavan port project faces continued resistance from Palghar villagers

Varor (Palghar) Hundreds of women sit packed together under a tarpaulin shelter at the edge of a field. Some are on the bare ground, others on white plastic chairs, and red flags poke up over their heads. Past the tent, the fields are green and quiet. Nothing about them looks like it is up for sale.

Kalpana Devkar, 48, grows rice on two acres near Dahanu. Nobody had to persuade her to come, she says. “We are the bhumiputras (sons of the soil) of this land. We are the owners of this land.

Why are they trying to steal our land from us?” Vadhavan port is a threat to the environment and livelihood of Palghar’s people: protesters Vadhavan port is a threat to the environment and livelihood of Palghar’s people: protesters The Vadhavan port needs to be stopped because it will destroy the livelihood of people in Palghar, especially fisherfolk, the Kisan Sabha said Vadhavan port is a threat to the environment and livelihood of Palghar’s people: protesters storyline 1 Her village, she says, gets by on its own. Jobs from the port would not change that, and she doubts they would last.