Kanyakumari March . . . .

The National Fish Workers' Forum launched a national level rally raising the slogan 'Protect Waters, Protect Life'. Two rallies, one from West Bengal and the other from Maharashtra converged at Kanyakumari on May 1st 1989. This rally was greeted with much enthusiasm in Kerala with numerous environmental groups joining in. Some miscreants favouring the Koodamkulam Atomic Centre infiltrated into the rally, while getting converged at Kanyakumai and this resulted in a flare-up. The police opened fire on the demonstrators and some fish workers suffered bullet injuries. This did not affect the morale and enthusiasm of the fish workers, who continued shouting the slogan, 'Protect Waters, Protect Life'.