Due to heavy winds, fishermen in Ramanathapuram asked not to enter sea

Due to harsh upwind successful the coastal areas of Ramanathapuram district, the Fisheries Department present connected Friday instructed fishermen not to task into oversea for sportfishing until further announcements.

As beardown winds with a velocity of 45 to 55 kmph is expected implicit the Bay of Bengal, the oversea is expected to beryllium be precise rough.

For those reasons, the section officials, said, the sportfishing licence passes (token) for mechanised boats would not beryllium issued starting from Friday until a further announcement was made.

They added, mechanised boats anchored astatine the Rameswaram jetty were instructed to beryllium moored safely and with capable spacing betwixt them to forestall damages.