How Illegal Shrimp Farms Are Destroying the Coastline in West Bengal | The Quint

That shrimp on your plate comes at a high ecological cost. In Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal, coastal zone regulation laws are being overlooked to allow thousands of aquaculture clusters to function with impunity. Prime agricultural land is being diverted to illegal shrimp farms, reports Bahar Dutt.
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