Summary:
After the centre and state governments offered huge subsidy, a large number of fishermen evinced interest in taking up deep sea fishing. They received the fishermen after they were brought from Madurai airport by officials. more-inMinister for Information Technology M.Manikandan, Collector S.Natarajan and Fisheries Department officials received the 16 deported Rameswaram fishermen when they arrived here on Wednesday. Additional Director of Fisheries Johny Tom Varghese accompanied the fishermen from Colombo and from Madurai airport. He said the state and central governments were taking steps to find a permanent solution to the fishermen issue and protect their livelihood..