#Fishermen

Black flags on boats and homes: Pattinapakkam fishers say the Secretariat is being built on their promised land

Fishers from 10 villages along Marina Loop Road hoisted black flags on October 4 against the TVK government Secretariat-Assembly plan at Pattinapakkam, demanding withdrawal of GO 564 and return of land acquired in 1957 for fisher housing.

7 October 2026 · 2 min read

Tamil Nadu

Black flags on the beach: Chennai fishermen rise against Vijay's ₹1,200-crore Secretariat palace

Hundreds of Pattinapakkam fishermen marched with black flags on Oct 4 against the TVK government's Secretariat-Assembly complex plan on Foreshore Estate land acquired in 1957 for their rehabilitation, they say. The state calls it a DPR-stage proposal; the fishers call it a land grab.

6 October 2026 · 2 min read

Tamil Nadu

Black flags on the beach: Pattinapakkam fishermen march against the TVK's new Secretariat dream

Fishermen from ten coastal villages marched with black flags on Sunday against the TVK government's plan to build a new Assembly and Secretariat complex on land reserved for the fishing community since 1957, demanding GO 564 be withdrawn.

4 October 2026 · 2 min read

Catamarans on Marina Beach, Chennai (file photo)

Tamil Nadu

Black flags on the Loop Road: Chennai's fisherfolk take on Vijay's ₹1,200-crore Secretariat

On Sunday, fisherfolk from Nochikuppam to Srinivasapuram hoist black flags against the TVK's ₹1,200-crore Secretariat-Assembly complex at Foreshore Estate. They want Mullikuppam and Mullimanagar lands back, houses for Loop Road families — and a say before the state builds on their shore.

4 October 2026 · 2 min read