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Navy refutes allegations of assault on Tamil Nadu fishermen

17Sep

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Navy refutes allegations of assault on Tamil Nadu fishermen

Sri Lanka Navy rejects the allegations of assaulting Tamil Nadu fishermen who are apprehended for poaching in Sri Lankan waters. Rameswaram Mechanised Boats Fishermen Association Leader S. Emerit disclosed to Indian media that Sri Lankan naval personnel, wielding guns, threatened the fishermen with arrest if they ventured into the area again. When Ada Derana queried regarding the incident, Navy Spokesperson Commander Dinesh Bandara stated that the Navy completely rejects these allegations. However, any fisherman entering Sri Lankan waters illegally would be apprehended and taken action according to the law, he stated. The Indian fishermen’s catch and equipment, which was worth hundreds of thousands of rupees, were also damaged, Indian fisheries authorities alleged.

PM says will provide facilities to Sri Lankan refugees arriving from Tamil Nadu

9Aug

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PM says will provide facilities to Sri Lankan refugees arriving from Tamil Nadu

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in parliament today that the government will provide the necessary facilities to the Sri Lankan refugees arriving from Tamil Nadu. He said the Indian government has informed that 3,815 Sri Lankan refugees living in refugee camps in Tamil Nadu have expressed their willingness to come back to Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Hindu Religious Affairs and Northern Development is taking steps to provide them with necessary facilities. The Ministry is working on providing permanent land, housing, livelihood assistance and facilities to continue education without interruptions, the Premier said. The Prime Minister was responding to a question raised by Member of Parliament Charles Nirmalanadan in Parliament today (8th) re...

Sri Lanka to release 174 detained Indian fishing boats

26Jul

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Sri Lanka to release 174 detained Indian fishing boats

The Sri Lankan government taken measures to release 174 Indian fishing boats taken into custody since 2014, when fishermen from Tamil Nadu breach the International Maritime Boundary Line and poach in Sri Lankan waters. Sri Lanka Navy arrest the fishermen illegally fishing in the island's territorial waters and detain their trawlers. Although the fishermen are released by the courts, the boats are not released. From 2014 to June, 2018, Sri Lanka Navy has taken 174 boats into custody. According to an India Today report Most of the trawlers belong to fishermen from Pudukkottai, Nagapattinam, Ramanathapuram, Karaikal, Tanjore and the fishermen have been demanding the release of the boats for a long time now. Based on the order, 50 boats were released on Wednesday and 27 more boats ...

Indian authorities in Rameswaram seize 304 kg of ganja bound for Sri Lanka

19Jul

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Indian authorities in Rameswaram seize 304 kg of ganja bound for Sri Lanka

The Ramanathapuram district police in Tamil Nadu in a raid conducted on Wednesday have seized 304 kilograms of ganja (cannabis) that was to be smuggled to Sri Lanka, and arrested three suspects, a Times of India report said. The police found ganja packed in 152 sealed packets, each packet weighing two kilograms. The police arrested three men identified as N Jeya Ganesh, 35, of Natarajapuram in Rameswaram, V Ketheeswaran alias Muthu, 37, of Panchanthangi and M Murugan, 45, of Sundaramudiyan and were on the lookout for the main suspect identified as Raja from whose house the special teams seized the ganja packets. Ramanathapuram superintendent of police Omprakash Meena said the police are looking for Raja. He said the entire stock of Ganja was seized from Raja's house in the Mandapa...

India to ask Sri Lanka for the release of Tamil Nadu fishermen’s boats

3Jul

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India to ask Sri Lanka for the release of Tamil Nadu fishermen’s boats

The Central government of India will ask Sri Lanka for the release of fishermen's boats that have been detained after the Sri Lanka Navy arrested the Tamil Nadu fishermen for illegally fishing in the island's waters. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has said India will ask Sri Lanka for the release of more than 140 mechanized boats, confiscated and impounded by the Sri Lankan government, The Hindu reported. Speaking to the media in Rameswaram on Monday the Union minister has said the Joint Working Group (JWG), followed by Ministerial meeting, scheduled to be held later this month would take up the issue. He said the JWG and Ministerial level meetings were scheduled for July 5 and 6 in Colombo, but had to be postponed after the Sri Lankan cabine...

Sri Lanka Navy assists repatriation of 27 Indian fishermen released from custody

12Apr

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Sri Lanka Navy assists repatriation of 27 Indian fishermen released from custody

The Sri Lanka Navy on Wednesday assisted in the repatriation of 27 Indian fishermen after they were released from the Sri Lankan custody. The fishermen from Tamil Nadu had been arrested in January and February of this year in the seas off Karainagar and Mannar for trespassing into the Sri Lankan territorial waters and engaging in illegal fishing activities. Sri Lanka Coast Guard's Fast Attack Craft CG 401 and CG 402 transported the Indian fishermen and handed them over to the Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Gaidinliu at the International Maritime Boundary Line north of Kankasanthurai this afternoon, the Navy said. Sri Lanka Navy in February this year assisted the repatriation of 109 Indian fishermen released from Sri Lankan custody and brought back six Sri Lankan fishermen released f...

Sri Lanka Navy arrests 7 Indian fishermen for poaching in territorial waters

8Feb

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Sri Lanka Navy arrests 7 Indian fishermen for poaching in territorial waters

Sri Lanka Navy has arrested seven Indian fishermen and seized their trawler today for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters. Sri Lankan Naval personnel on Thursday apprehended the Indian fishermen along with the trawler for poaching in the Sri Lankan territorial waters near the Delft Island, according to Indian fisheries officials. The captured fishermen, all belonging to Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram district, have been taken to Kankasanthurai Naval Camp for interrogation, ANI reported.

Sri Lankan Navy accused of chasing away nearly 1000 Tamil Nadu fishermen from island waters

30Jan

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Sri Lankan Navy accused of chasing away nearly 1000 Tamil Nadu fishermen from island waters

Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu have accused the Sri Lankan Navy personnel of snapping their fishing nets and chasing them back to Indian waters while they were fishing near the Katchatheevu islet. A fisheries official in Rameswaram has told PTI that nearly 1000 Fishermen from Rameswaram had ventured into the sea yesterday and were fishing near Katchatheevu islet when the Sri Lankan Navy arrived. Sri Lankan naval personnel had come to the spot in three boats and cut the nets of at least five boats before asking them to leave, Tamil Nadu Fishermen Mechanised Boat Association President P Sesuraja alleged. Following the incident all the fishermen returned to the shore this morning, he said. Sri Lanka Navy arrested 12 fishermen from Rameswaram on January 28 for poaching in the Sri...

Tamil Nadu leaders up in arms against Sri Lanka passing new Fisheries act to protect its fishery resources

28Jan

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Tamil Nadu leaders up in arms against Sri Lanka passing new Fisheries act to protect its fishery resources

Sri Lanka passing legislation to prevent illegal fishing activities in the Sri Lankan waters and protect the fisheries and aquatic resources of the coastal belt of the island has distressed the political leaders in Tamil Nadu state of India. Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednesday (24) passed the Fisheries (Regulation of Foreign Fishing Boats) (Amendment) Bill amending the Fisheries Act No 59 of 1979 to increase fines on foreign vessels poaching in the country's waters. The passing of the Amendment bill has distressed the political leaders in Tamil Nadu to the extent that they have urged the Indian Prime Minister to take highest possible diplomatic measures to ensure that the Sri Lankan government will not implement the act. The pro-LTTE Tamil Nadu political leader, the general secret...

Amended fisheries act to impose hefty fines on foreign boats illegally entering Sri Lankan territorial waters

23Jan

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Amended fisheries act to impose hefty fines on foreign boats illegally entering Sri Lankan territorial waters

Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Mahinda Amaraweera states that the draft Bill for amending the Fisheries Act No 59 of 1979 (Foreign Fisheries boats Regulation Act) will be presented to the Parliament for approval tomorrow. The Act will be amended to prevent illegal fishing activities in the Sri Lankan waters and protect the fisheries and aquatic resources of the coastal belt of Sri Lanka. Accordingly, a number of articles have been revised in the Act. The fine imposed on foreign fishing vessels that were seized has been increased under the new amendments. The current fine of Rs 1.5 million has been increased to a maximum of Rs. 175 million. The relevant legal action on the seized boats will be completed within a month. Also, the Fisheries Department shou...