Wooden Boat Making Declines in Kendrapada, Odisha

Imagine people who make wooden boats, like their parents and grandparents did.

They are finding it hard to keep making them.

Fewer people want wooden boats because boats made from materials like fiber are faster and last longer.

Also, some fishermen are using dangerous ways to catch fish, which damages the wooden boats.

Many young people don't want to learn the boat making trade because it's hard work for not much money.

So, an old tradition is slowly disappearing, with fewer and fewer people building wooden boats.