Cauvery swells: Hogenakkal boatmen unnerved by cash loss
Deccan ChronicleDHARMAPURI: The Hogenakkal oars men relax in a happy mood though they have lost their income because of the ban issued by the district administration for the coracle services as Cauvery continues to swell. However, the people in Hogenakkal are not worried but feel happy as others in the state because of the dams built across the Cauvery River had reached its fullest storage level. A total of 1,616 people including 417 fishermen who also act as the oars men, 300 massage boys, and 500 women cooking food have lost their employment due to the present high level of inflows into Cauvery here. "Each family having oars men who also catch fish during night, oil massaging boys and women cooking food for picnickers will earn not less than rupees 20,000 per month is lost," M.Kemparaj, president for the Hogenakkal coracle operators union told DC.
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