Worli-Koliwada: Fishermen protest against coastal road project, gherao jetty

Hundreds of fishermen from Worli-Koliwada took held protests against the ongoing work on the coastal road project near Worli Dairy on Saturday morning. They also gheraoed a temporary jetty built by the civic body at its coastal road construction site in Worli.

Upset with barges and anchors damaging their fishing nets and obstructing the route of boats, fishermen in their boats surrounded a jetty constructed for a coastal road project for the entire day and stopped the work. Starting Saturday morning, fishing boats from four different bunders in Worli Koliwada began to surround the jetty and refused to vacate.