KASIMEDU

KASIMEDU

Kasimedu fishing harbor, is one of the major fishing ground for catching fishes and crustaceans located art kasimedu in the Royapuram area of Chennai. The market sells a variety of fishes including seer, prawn, shark, sardine, crab, silver bellies, carangids and mackerel etc. The market soon opens to the public every morning. The market remains open from 2 am. Business people from Restaurants purchase here because of its comparatively lower prices.

The harbour area is primarily a fisherman community area migrated from Chepauk village in 1799 during the rule of the East India Company. The harbour was constructed in 1975. The fishing harbour is functioning from 1984.It suffered an extensive damage during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Nearly 30,000 people visit the auction hall situated near the harbour everyday.

The Kasimedu fish market is the biggest fish market in Chennai. The daily sales is more than 250 tones, nearly30 percent is exported to other states such as Karnataka and Kerala rest to Chennai.

There flow lakhs of money in Kasimedu market everyday.

Rare deep-water fish caught in Kasimedu fish market. This fish is nearly 3 feet.

It is quite calm to see the boats in the harbor, but thinking in deep the risk taken by the fisherman going to the sea creates anxiety in our minds. Almost all boats come back after 4 or 5 days. Sometimes it takes more than that or less; they go with precautions so as to survive all difficulties.

Ice rates escalate, number of factories going up: a worker pulls a block of ice for the box. Ice manufacturing companies are probably one amount the few that eagerly wait for summer.

A block of ice sold for 150 to 200 rupees. During

Off-season it fetches 450 rupees to 700 rupees in peak season.

The fresh fishes are put in ice to ensure its freshness.

The fishes are cleaned and cut for customers. There are many stalls for cleaning fish in Kasimedu fish market. These workers open their stalls in the early morning itself.

The stalls in kasimedu fish market are opened so early in the morning. Even selling dried fish shops are opened so early. Varieties of dried fishes are available in this market at cheaper rates and best quality.

Striving for livelihood:  even though he is physically impaired, he never gives up. He does his best t heap his body and soul together. He carries fish in large quantity in small basket in basket from the boat to the shore. When other complete 2 or 3 tips, He could complete just one trip.

Men and women engage in making baskets in the kasimedu fish market. They sit in front of their shops on the floor and make it in the best way they can. They have baskets ranging from 50 rupees to 300 rupees. People to carry fishes in kasimedu fish

Market use these type baskets.

The retail shoppers purchase the fishes in large quantities from Kasimedu fish market and carry it to different local areas for sale, the seen of carrying fishes in baskets in different vehicles is from early morning usual in this area.

Only miracle can save them: Labours are feeling difficult to do their work because the boats were late to reach the harbor. Which was due to climate change. They will find difficult to meet their daily wages.

The small stall selling vadas, bhajjis and other fries at very low prices. Mainly meant for poor and low wageworkers.

Waste from Kasimedu market is dumped in this area. It greatly adds to land pollution. When this area was dug to construct roads, the wastes dumped here came to the top surface creating an unhealthy, unclean living condition for the people.

Is India winning the war of poverty?: The pathetic life conditions of poor people residing Kasimedu areas in small hurts show the image uncleanly. They store drinking water in unclean tanks and pots. Which makes diseases.

They are just touched by something entire: The oldest traditional way of preserving fish was to let the wind and sun dry it. Dried fish has a storage life of several years. A man is drying the fishes, it contain almost 300kg of fresh fish, which would reduce to somewhat 200kg after being dried.

This is their story, the story of struggle: The fish caught are brought back to the shore in the boat. The fish is being transferred to people, which are then carried in vehicles to various areas. The boat was came back after seven days of work.

The man makes sure the safety of ropes with which the boats are tied to the harbor. They check for any fault and repair it if any appears.

The ropes in Kasimedu colony are a great wonder. Ropes are tied from one house to the other. The people stay in small rooms with their families. Since they don’t have space for putting out the clothes for drying, they depend on these ropes they are tied from one houses wall to the other.it make us understand the unity in them.

India strives to become ‘drought proof’: widespread drought has given a tough time to Chennai. India is on its way to be declared a drought country.

As reservoir level dips? Woman carrying pots filled with water to meet water shortage. They buy more plastic pots to store water. They will get water on alternative days only. They use water from the bore well to fill the gap.

Waiting for takers: A wholesaler in Kasimedu fish market

Showing his disagreement to women who come for small purchase of fish with 200 rupees.