Police outpost opened in Thoothukudi fishing harbour
The Hindu
The police finally opened an outpost in the Thoothukudi fishing harbour, which has become a flashpoint of the port town following worsening enmity between two castes involved in fishing with mechanise
The police finally opened an outpost in the Thoothukudi fishing harbour, which has become a flashpoint of the port town following worsening enmity between two castes involved in fishing with mechanised boats. After three mechanised boats from nearby Tharuvaikulam, owned by fishermen belonging to Nadar community, were forced to leave the fishing harbour following sustained threats from another caste, who are the majority in the fishing harbour, the three fishing boats could not resume fishing operations. The reason is that these three trawlers, which have been anchored in Tharuvaikulam now along with mechanised boats involved in multi-day deep sea stay fishing, were not allowed to venture into the sea by the officials of Fisheries Department that allows operation of fishing trawlers only from the fishing harbour.More Related News