Sri Lankan navy arrests 8 fishermen for entering Sri Lankan waters

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) – Sri Lankan navy arrested 8 Indian fishermen for fishing in Sri Lankan waters. The coastguard of the Sri Lankan navy encircled them as they were fishing in the sea near Dhanushkodi and Thalaimannar. They apprehended their fishing boats and arrested 8 fishermen onboard.

1. Till now Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 163 Indian fishermen in the past 72 days alleging that they were fishing beyond the international sea border. After political negotiations between the two countries, all fishermen are being released in batches.

2. The arrests of the fishermen have badly hit the fisheries industry at Ramanathapuram, Nagapattinam, and Puddukkottai. The fishermen are demanding that a permanent solution of this problem be found after talks between the two countries.

Editorial Perspective

Why the Indian Government does not mark Indian maritime border for the fishermen ? For how many more years will India allow its fishermen to be arrested like this ?