Depression off TN coast, fishermen advised not to go to sea
April 16, 2017 10:00
Fishermen in Tamil Nadu have been advised by port officials not to put out to sea as there was a possibility of a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal intensifying into a cyclone and making landfall in a few days.
The state's assistant director of fisheries Kulangainathan said the depression had formed between Myanmar and Andaman and Nicobar Islands and might make landfall in the state over the next few days, he said.
As such, country boat fishermen had been advised not to put out to sea as there could be strong winds and choppy waves, he said.
Mechanised boats will not put out to sea due to the 60-day ban in the state, which came into effect from Friday.
The ban, which used to be for 48 days annually from April 14, was extended to 60 days this year following an acute shortfall in fish population in Palk Straits and the surrounding areas.
The Met department had said the deep depression was expected to bring heavy rainfall over the Andaman Islands in the next 24 hours.
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