The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Rameswaram fishermen to strike work; condemn arrest of fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy on Palk Straits
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L Srikrishna
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Fishermen in Rameswaram have announced a one-day strike to protest the frequent arrests of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. The community is calling for government intervention to address the ongoing disputes over traditional fishing rights in the Palk Straits.
Reiterating that it is their traditional right to engage in fishing along the Palk Straits, the fishermen associations from the coastal district appealed to the Centre and Tamil Nadu government to intervene into the ‘frequent’ arrest of fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy personnel under ‘false’ charge of poaching in their territory.
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