Women SHG promotes eco-tourism via mangrove safari in Maha

A women self-help group is tryingto popularise mangrove safari in the picturesque andunexplored Vengurle town of coastal Maharashtra to develop itas an eco-tourism hub.

Vengurle, a hilly town situated at the southern-mosttip of Maharashtra in Sindhudurg district, is just 18 km fromthe tourist hotspot of Goa, but not many have explored itsnatural beauty.

Shweta Hule, a former corporatorwho manages theself-help group (SHG) Swamini, in association with theUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been runningthe mangrove safari, managed exclusively by fisher-women,since 2017 to promote eco-tourism in the area.

“Unlike Malwan in Sindhudurg, Vengurle is a remote,quiet place and that is what tourists look for to unwind,”Hule told

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