Satpati

Satpati is one of the biggest fishing villages on the western coast of India. It is about 80 km north of Mumbai, located in the Palghar Taluka of District Palghar in Maharashtra. The main industry in Satpati is fishing, with large exports abroad. The majority of the population is part of the Koli community.During Somnath Looting by MOhd. Gazanavi Somnath refugees took shelter in the 11th century by Gujarati Somnath Junagad Mali. Followed Maharashtrian customs instead Gujarati.Transport linksThe nearest railway station is Palghar (Western Railway), from where State Transport (S.T.) buses are available for Satpati on regular intervals. 6/7-seater autorikshaws (that most of the time carry more than 10 people) also run between Satpati and Palghar on a regular basis.Many people have their big boats (ship) which cost around 15 to 20 lakhs. They go for fishing for 3 to 10 days approx. and earn Rs. 20,000 to 1 lakh. The economy of the village depends on the catch of pomfret and today due to lack of knowledge of the fishermen population of commercial fish (pomfret) become very less and today consevetion of this is necessary, but no proper measures are taken by Government. The leaders of this fishing community are not rational decision maker and they have failed to put light on the problems of the fishing community.Today the fishermen community is facing economic hardship because they are fully depend on fishing at the sea hence depend on nature. Fate of this community is that farmers get their rights when land has been taken & used for building DAM etc. but fishermens are still kept away for getting their rights of compensation for restricting them for fishing in areas of fishing in the deep sea due to OIL & GAS pipeline and other similar projects as sea is the real farm of this community which is their natural property like land for farmer.