The State government will ensure that at least one person from every fisher family in the State gets employed in a sector other than fisheries, Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian has said.
He was inaugurating ‘Theera Sadassu’, a public interaction programme organised under the aegis of the Fisheries department to address the grievances of fisherfolk, at Aroor Assembly constituency in Alappuzha on Wednesday.
Mr. Cherian said the government was giving due consideration to the education of children of fisher families. “The government has envisaged a plan to provide higher education to all the children in the next 10 years. Crores have been spent on the construction of educational institutions in the coastal areas. The Fisheries department alone had spent ₹136 crore on school buildings. The government will ensure the welfare of fisherfolks in the State,” he said.
