15 fishermen launched from Sri Lankan prisons arrived at Chennai airport on Tuesday.
Earlier, as many as 22 fishermen from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, who had been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for his or her involvement in worldwide waters, had been launched and reached Bambam through boats.
On November 18, the Sri Lanka Navy arrested and interrogated two Qatari boats with 22 fishermen on board on prices of fishing.
On November 18, a delegation of conventional fishermen met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, demanding the discharge of these fishermen who had strayed into worldwide waters attributable to opposed climate circumstances.
The Finance Minister spoke with the Overseas Minister and the Indian Excessive Fee in Sri Lanka, after which the fishermen had been rescued.
Because the fishermen returned to India, a delegation of fishermen as we speak expressed their gratitude to Sitharaman for her intervention.
Sitharaman reassured the households of the fishermen that the federal government below Narendra Modi has all the time put the curiosity of Tamils first.
Earlier on October 29, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Okay Stalin wrote to Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to spotlight the problem of repeated arrests of Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lanka Navy.
“As you already know, our fishermen rely solely on their fishing exercise for his or her livelihood and these repeated arrests are inflicting immense misery and struggling to the fishing neighborhood. Such actions by the Sri Lanka Navy have created stress and panic within the minds of the fishing communities within the state. He referred to as out in his message.
Stalin additionally reiterated the demand for cover of the standard fishing rights of Tamil Nadu fishermen within the Palk Bay space. He stated that in October alone, the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 10 fishing boats and 64 fishermen from Tamil Nadu.
“I want to level out that the fishermen of Tamil Nadu really feel that their voices are diminishing; I really feel that the Authorities of India ought to arise louder for the rights of our fishermen and communicate out for his or her security. I might additionally prefer to reiterate the demand for cover of the standard fishing rights of our fishermen within the Gulf area. “Thoughts you.” Learn the letter written by Stalin.
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(tags for translation)Fifteen Fishermen
