Jaya writes to PM Modi on fishermen issue

October 01, 2015 14:02

Taking exception to the continued arrests of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu government has told the Centre that Colombo's "dubious actions" has resulted in the situation at sea remaining "precarious."

Referring to the latest instance of arrest of fishermen who set out from Tuticorin district on September 26, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that this was the third such incident within a span of a week.

"In spite of the several steps being taken by my government with an accommodative frame of mind to devise a permanent solution to this sensitive livelihood issue, the situation at sea remains precarious with the dubious actions of the Sri Lankan Government," she said in a letter to Modi.

The letter dated September 30 was released by the state government on Thursday.

This was yet another incident wherein Tamil Nadu fishermen were apprehended and their right to fishing in their "traditional waters has once again been infringed upon by the Sri Lankan Navy," she said.

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