Fishermen of Karaikal have gone on an indefinite strike from Thursday demanding the release of arrested fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy.
About 400 boats and 13,000 fishermen and their families were participating in the strike. Fish market sources from Karaikal said every day about 25 tonnes of fish comes to the market and then despatched to different parts of the country and also exported.
“None of the political parties is interested in resolving our issue. We will protest until our voice is heard,” Gajendran Kaliyaperumal, a local fishermen leader from Kilinjalmedu, told The Hindu.
