Eleven Indian fishermen have been taken into custody by the Maldivian Navy for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), officials said in Chennai on Thursday.
“All are from Kanyakumari district. We are looking into this issue,” District Collector S. Nagarajan told PTI.
The fishermen had ventured into to sea off the Kerala last week and were to return on February 25, 2012 official sources said.
The problem could be solved if the island becomes part and parcel of greater India, as was in the ancient past. This is mentioned in the Sinhalese chronicle 'Rajavaliya', that there was only a river separating the two countries.(see p.22 of Rajavaliya by B.Gunesekera AES, N/Delhi 1900/1995). Hence, Sri Lanka was part and parcel of the submerged 'Kumari-Kandam, a part of 'Kanniar Kumari' hence belongs to Tamil Nadu of India.
Surprised to see the term "Indian Fishermen". Normally Fishermen
from Tamil Nadu are referred as Tamil Fishermen, while fishermen
of Gujarat and West Bengal are referred as Indian Fishermen. What
a change ! Fishermen from Kerala and Gujarat are routinely arrested by
Pakistan, for straying into Pakistani waters. But Tamil Fishermen
are accused of breaking laws. Tamil Fishermen have been fishing in the waters of Palk Strait for thousands of years. Just because of new political borders, they
can't be deprived of their traditional fishing rights.
The Tamil Nadu fishermen are not breaking laws,as per the agreement between India and Sri Lanka they have rights for fishing around Sri Lankan waters but Sri Lankan Navy is violating that agreement.You can go through those details about the article Kachchatheevu in wikipedia and I plead you not to say that Tamilnadu Fishermen are braking laws.
I think Tamil Nadu fishermen are hell bent on breaking law. They always cross into International Maritime Boundary. Usually they are caught by Sri Lankan navy. Now Maldivian navy. I think we can ask these countries to keep the fishermen, feed and maintain them. They can give them work in their plantations.
Maldivian navy?? Didn't know there was such a thing!
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