Tag: Trawlers

Warning system being installed for the safety of fishermen in Bengal

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Distress Alert Transmitters (DAT) are being installed on trawlers so that fishermen can alert the authorities of any danger at sea. Till now about 1000 such DAT have been installed, another 1500 such will be installed soon. This information was provided by the Minister of Fisheries Chandranath Singh during Question Hour in the Assembly on Thursday.

He also added that as on April 30, 2015, 17516 fishermen have been handed bio-metric ID cards near the Sunderbans whereas a total of 1,48,971 bio-metric ID cards have been distributed all over the state.

The minister also announced that in case a fisherman dies due to an attack by pirates, the family of the diseased will be given Rs 2 lakh.

Chandranath Singh also said that 10,583 fishing nets have been e-registered already. He also mentioned that the fishermen are given Rs 600 per month when it is off season for fishing as financial assistance.

A pension scheme has also been started for fishermen. The minister admitted that there is an issue with the fishing permit issued by the forest department.

Within a week after TMC`s intervention in RS, Indian fishermen to be released by Bangladesh

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Sixty five Indian fishermen who are residents of South 24 Parganas will be released on 21 December from Bangladesh jail.

These fishermen, residents of Kakdwip, Kultali, Patharpratima and other parts of South 24 Parganas, were held by Bangladesh Border Guard about three months before from Bangoduyani Island near Kendua Island on the Bay of Bengal.

On December 15, 2014, Trinamool MP in Rajya Sabha Sukhendu Sekhar Ray had raised the issue of their arrest in the House. He had said that the fishermen were unaware of the new re-alignment of the maritime border between the two countries. He had urged the Ministry of External Affairs to have a dialogue with the Bangladesh Government for the release of fishermen and trawlers.