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Works to conception stream grooming walls and upgrade the food landing centre astatine Chandrapadi colony successful Tharangambadi taluk are progressing nether the NABARD strategy astatine an estimated outgo of ₹32 crore, aimed astatine ensuring year-round, harmless entree for sportfishing vessels and improving livelihoods successful the coastal hamlet.
Chandrapadi, located astir 35 km eastbound of Mayiladuthurai, has a fishermen colonisation of 2,895, operating 13 mechanised sportfishing vessels and 212 fibre-reinforced integrative (FRP) boats. A food landing centre built astatine a outgo of ₹10 crore was inaugurated by the Chief Minister connected August 20, 2024, with facilities including a 75-metre piled jetty, auction hall, net-mending shed, interior roads and dredging of the stream mouth.
However, successful the lack of stream grooming walls, the barroom rima began accumulating sandbars, affecting navigation. Acting connected representations from fishermen, the State authorities sanctioned ₹32 crore for the operation of grooming walls and further improvement of the landing centre. The works commenced connected December 27, 2024.
The task includes operation of a 260-metre confederate grooming partition and a 220-metre bluish grooming wall, hold of the piled jetty by 60 metres, and dredging of astir 96,250 cubic metres to stabilise the transmission and amended vas movement.
Officials said the upgraded infrastructure would alteration fishermen to task retired to oversea passim the year, guarantee safer berthing and landing of crafts, and trim seasonal migration. The task is besides expected to boost food handling and exports, make gross for the government, and amended the socio-economic presumption of the sportfishing community.
