IFFI 2025 and its irresponsibilty in Panjim

 

Fishers from all over Goa gathered today 21 November 2025 to celebrate World Fisheries Day at Campal beach, Panjim at a call from All Goa Small Scale Responsible Fisheries Union (AGSSRFU). It was low tide in the afternoon. Heroes -Dhananja N. Kerker, Anilash A. Mehta, Rupesh S. Juvatkar, Kiran S. More and Sudhakar V. Joshi (All from Betul, Goa) who rescued 28 crew of capsized trawler on 28 September 2025 were falicitated. By the time program got over Tides changed. High tide triggered swelling of water. Fishers lingered at the beach near the fishing boats.

Today there was non-stop music in the evening, cultural program on the footpath and few eateries. Just when cultural program got over eatery outlet flunked plastic garbage in the river water where fishing boats are station and in presence of fishers. 

This certainly means that deliberate disposal of plastic waste of International Film Festival of India  (IFFI) into river was sure to get trapped in the fishing nets. The video captures the GIS information on the way river is insulted and treated as urban sink by events such as IFFI in 2025.

Why IFFI arrangements should be so disgusting, irresponsible and careless? Who is accountable for this. Whoever they may be one be clear to whoever they are that we simply refuse to take your nonsense anymore. Pull up and streamline the organising. Don't mess with Mandovi river. Enough is enough!