Fishing operations in Thoothukudi district have been banned on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the security measures for the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to the coastal town.
Parking of trucks near the VOC Port has been banned as the Prime Minister is scheduled to attend a function near the VOC Port Higher Secondary School on Wednesday to dedicate to the nation various completed projects and lay foundation stone for new schemes, including outer harbour development.
The police have been deployed along the Thoothukudi coast even as the patrol boats are keeping a vigil along the coast round-the-clock. Fishing operations by the mechanised and the country boats have been banned on Tuesday and Wednesday. “All coastal hamlets in the district have been informed about the ban,” police sources said.
