Lakshadweep MP lashes out against new fishing norm

The determination of the Lakshadweep Administration to deploy authorities officers on board fishing vessels below the garb of stepping up coastal surveillance speaks of lack of belief in fishers, and is among the many newest of Centre’s undue interventions made within the lifetime of islanders, Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal has mentioned.

The Navy and Coast Guard have already got appreciable presence within the islands. The Navy has institutions in Minicoy and Kavaratti, whereas the Kavaratti-based Coast Guard has a radar system that’s able to monitoring nearly your entire coast of the islands. Thus, deploying authorities officers in fishing vessels didn’t have any rationale, he mentioned. The two forces had already created consciousness amongst fishers to report any suspicious exercise that they encountered alongside the coast or whereas within the sea, Mr. Faizal advised The Puucho over telephone. He drew parallels between the most recent determination and the one to implement Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act in Lakshadweep.