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The instauration for a tiny sportfishing harbour astatine Samandhanpettai, a accepted sportfishing colony nether Nagapattinam Municipality, was laid connected Monday by School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi.
The ceremonial was attended by Collector P. Akash, Tamil Nadu Fisheries Development Corporation president N. Gowthaman, Nagapattinam MLA J. Mohammad Shanavas and different officials.
Speaking astatine the event, Mr. Poyyamozhi said Samandhanpettai was location to astir 1,500 fishers, who operated 213 sportfishing boats, and the harbour task respond to a long-standing request from the assemblage for harmless berthing and extortion of boats during the monsoon and different earthy hazards. The State authorities had granted administrative support connected the ground of the fishers’ petition and, nether a authorities bid dated July 17, 2025, sanctioned the task astatine an estimated outgo of ₹32.50 crore.
The task program includes operation of a northbound breakwater of 70 metres, a southbound breakwater of 385 metres, a 100-metre jetty for berthing boats, astir 25,000 cubic metres of reclamation and related works, a fish-landing and handling level and a net-mending shed. The curate said the harbour would supply year-round entree to sportfishing grounds, unafraid boats and gear, amended post-harvest handling and selling infrastructure successful hygienic conditions, and assistance rise fishers’ incomes.
Mr. Poyyamozhi noted that earlier infrastructure — a retention shed and a fish-drying level — had been constructed successful the colony with assistance from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s agrarian infrastructure money astatine a outgo of astir ₹75 lakh.
As portion of the day’s programme, the curate inaugurated a caller autobus structure successful the Melekootai Vasal country of Nagapattinam, constructed nether the Fisheries Development Corporation’s firm societal work funds astatine a outgo of ₹10.86 lakh. He besides laid the instauration chromatic for ward-level works successful Samandhanpettai’s 11th ward — including storm-water drains, a cement roadworthy and a tiny span — approved nether the 15th concern committee strategy astatine an estimated outgo of ₹33.50 lakh.
Officials said the harbour task would besides promote sustainable usage of under-utilised resources and beforehand environment-friendly coastal and aquaculture practices. The program envisages improved facilities for landing, grading and selling fish, arsenic good arsenic measures to support boats and instrumentality during adverse weather, they added.
The ceremonial was attended by Nagapattinam Municipality Chairperson R. Marimuthu, Assistant Director of Fisheries and Welfare G. Jayaraj, Municipal Commissioner D. Leena Simon, Deputy Chair M. R. Senthilkumar, fisheries payment committee subordinate G. Manoharan, task implementation technologist K. Saravanakumar, ward councillors and different territory officials.
