Noticing an increase in clashes between migrant workers and suspected drug pushers, fishermen’s families and allied workers have called for improved security and surveillance measures at the Beypore harbour. The opening of a police aid post is now their major demand.
Fishermen from the harbour area say that many unknown migrant workers are roaming around the area as fish workers in late-night hours and create nuisance for local residents. An auction hall in the harbour is the main late-night shelter for such unknown gangs in the absence of any heightened security arrangements, they add.
Though there have been initiatives to issue identity cards for all fishers and fish workers in the area, they are yet to be completed due to technical reasons. In the absence of any identity documents, checking squads are also finding it difficult to identify suspected wanderers in the harbour area. There are no accurate figures yet about the number of migrant workers who go for deep sea fishing from here.
