The Fisheries Department will construct houses to 2,500 fishermen in the State, according to Kota Srinivasa Poojary, Minister for Fisheries, Ports, Inland Water Transport and Muzarai.
Mr. Poojary said that the DCs have been asked to instruct national banks not to recover the group loans of fishermen upto ₹50,000 for 2017-18 and 2018-19.