A group of 10 to 15 fisherwomen use indigenously made net locally known as ‘ghun’ for shallow water fishing as the water level of the Shilabati river in West Bengal, India gets low at an alarming level. The fisherwomen push the ghun-net under bushes or aquatic weeds and then lift up to the water surface to catch small indigenous sweet water fishes and prawn. A pot locally knows as ‘khalui’ which is fitted on the back side of the head of the fisherwoman is used to keep the catch during fishing. A recent study says, the river will become seasonal rivers; dry up after monsoon rains will vanish entirely by 2045, if not sooner. The poor fishing community lives below the poverty level with a daily earning of $1-2 per head and if the river gets dry up soon in near future their livelihood will be on stake.