A fishermen delegation from Rameswaram will meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin in Chennai on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
According to fishermen leader P. Jesu Raja, the delegation will meet the CM to appraise him about the current situation with regard to the continual arrests of T.N. fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy, and seek his assistance in finding a permanent solution to this, from the Union government.
The fishers’ demands include the immediate release of the five fishermen who have been given jail sentences in Sri Lanka (in separate incidents) after their arrests, the retrieval of all their mechanised boats that have been impounded by the Lankan Navy personnel since 2018, and the bringing about of a bring a permanent solution for fishermen engaged in fishing along the Palk Bay.
