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The Indian National Fishermen Union has urged Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to instrumentality steps to reconstruct and fortify the damaged tsunami extortion oversea partition on the seashore of Keechankuppam, Akkaraipettai and Kallar villages successful Nagapattinam district.
In a petition submitted to the State government, national person R.M.P. Rajendra Nattar said the coastal villages successful Nagapattinam were among the worst affected during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. He recalled that respective governmental leaders and officials had visited the portion successful the aftermath of the catastrophe and assured rehabilitation measures for the affected sportfishing communities.
Mr. Rajendra Nattar said tsunami extortion oversea walls were subsequently constructed on the seashore of Keechankuppam, Akkaraipettai and Kallar villages utilizing rehabilitation funds to safeguard the settlements from coastal erosion and oversea incursions.
However, helium alleged that the oversea partition suffered extended harm during Cyclone Gaja successful 2018 and had not been restored contempt repeated representations to the government. He said Ministers, Revenue Department officials and Fisheries Department authorities had inspected the damaged stretches and assured contiguous reconstruction works, but nary important measures had been undertaken truthful far.
Official sources successful the Assistant Director of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department, Nagapattinam, said a task estimation worthy ₹20 crore had been prepared and forwarded to the authorities for information done an authoritative connection dated August 6, 2025.
