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Near the main port of Porbandar, there are ice storages and ice factories to keep our fish supply. Rajkot: Over 5 ,000 members of Porbandar Kharva Samaj, a local fishermens’ association took out a rally in Porbandar on Friday , demanding new fishing harbour to anchor their boats near the existing Porbandar main port.Against the capacity of harbouring 1,000 boats, there are over 5,000 fishing boats that anchor at Porbandar Port. As our residences are also near the main port, we will have to shift our families to Kuchhadi. If the new harbour is set up in Kuchhadi, we will have to travel all the way to Porbandar to store our fish. Hence, we have demanded that the government set up the new port at Lakadi port, which is near the existing main harbour,” said Bharat Modi, president of Porbandar Fishermen's Association and a member of Porbandar Kharva Samaj.“The government stands to spend Rs 392 crore for the proposed harbour in Kuchhadi..