Indian Fishermen Use Smartphones to Map a Vanishing Way of Life
- plot by precious plot - to stop industry from swallowing life on the lagoon.“I am just a fisherman. I knew nothing about mapping. But I had to learn this so that our livelihoods are not destroyed tomorrow by the government,” said Bharath S. Raji, whose family has trawled Pulicat Lake in Tamil Nadu for generations.Smartphone in hand, Raji navigated the sandy lakeside banks to capture places of special interest - docks, drying areas for nets, shrines to local deities. He pointed out the holes left by the goverment’s latest coastal maps, blank spaces he said are villages brimming with
Renewables: Ingeteam Gets DNV GL Approval in India
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced today that it received DNV GL’s “Shop Approval in Renewable Energy” certification for the wind converter manufacturing facility recently established by the company in the Tamil Nadu region. Ingeteam’s new facility is the first-ever wind converter factory to receive such a certificate in India. DNV GL’s Shop Approval is awarded upon successful completion of a comprehensive audit, and will enable Ingeteam to simplify the scope of subsequent quality inspections, or even, in some cases
February 2026
