Vembar fish landing centre near Thoothukudi to get more facilities
The Hindu
Fishermen have appealed to the Collector to widen the approach road, install high-mast lights and extend the groyne
The coastal hamlet of Vembar, situated about 30 km from Thoothukudi, with 100 country boats and 50 mechanised boats, will soon get new facilities at the Fish Landing Centre and the places around it, District Collector K. Senthil Raj has said. The Vembar Fish Landing Centre, which was created in 2018 at an outlay of ₹10.50 crore under the NABARD Scheme, has a 164-meter-long ‘T’-shaped jetty where the mechanised boats, which are involved in ‘day fishing’, are berthed. A fish auction centre, fishnet mending centre and an approach road were created when the fish landing centre was established for the benefit of 50 mechanised boats. Apart from the mechanised boats, 100 country boats also engage in ‘day fishing’ from Vembar to feed around 1,000 families.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
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