Vaniyakudi fishing harbour work to continue based on review team recommendations: Collector

Kanniyakumari District Collector M. Prathap on Friday said steps will be taken to continue the fishing harbour work in Vaniyakudi based on the recommendations of the review team.

He was speaking at the fishermen grievance redress meeting held at the district collectorate in Nagercoil.

At the meeting, fishermen raised several concerns, including a demand to ban private tourist boat rides in Manakudi area, issuance of family cards to those who had applied for them and issuance of membership cards to fishermen at the earliest. They also sought the extension of groyne in Kovalam and exemptions for fishermen’s residences under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regulations and resumption of the fishing harbour work at Vaniyakudi.

Petitions were also submitted seeking the measures to prevent sewage from areas under the Colachel municipality from flowing into the AVM Canal and construction of fishermen rest shed in Kurumpanai.