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Andhra Pradesh State Chairman of the All India Port Trust Workers’ Federation (AIPTWF) Shaik Khalifathulla Basha met Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Santanu Thakur astatine his campy bureau successful New Delhi connected Wednesday and submitted a practice highlighting the problems faced by fishermen successful Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Basha told the Union Minister that the fishermen were facing terrible livelihood challenges owed to marine contamination caused by concern discarded being discharged into the sea, which was starring to a crisp diminution successful food availability.
Mr. Basha urged the Union Minister to instrumentality contiguous and proactive steps to code the problems of fishermen arsenic good arsenic the hardships faced by workers employed successful the larboard gait areas crossed the State, pointing retired that respective companies were failing to supply basal minimum facilities to workers.
He besides highlighted the issues related to subsidies for mechanised vessel owners, including irregular disbursement of diesel subsidies, favoritism successful subsidies betwixt longline and trawl nett sportfishing boats, and the discontinuation of subsidies for indispensable instrumentality since 2019.
The AIPTWF person besides raised concerns implicit the alleged improper proviso of escaped diesel to fishermen, stating that contempt entitlement to accrued quantities and submission of each required documents, diesel was not being supplied successful full, oregon connected time.
“This is forcing the fishermen to acquisition substance from backstage outlets astatine higher prices and endure dense fiscal losses,” helium said, portion requesting the Union Minister to intervene instantly connected the long-pending issues.
Responding to the representation, Mr. Santanu Thakur assured that steps would beryllium taken to resoluteness the problems of the fishermen arsenic good arsenic the issues of unorganised workers employed successful the larboard gait areas.s
