Within the early hours of March 18, three individuals launched 4 mechanised boats from the Juvvaladinne Fishing Harbour positioned in SPSR Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh. The launched boats, owned by fishermen from Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry’s Karaikal, had been seized a number of months in the past by fishermen of Krishnapuram and Chennayapalem villages of Nellore district.

The fishermen from each States have been at loggerheads for nearly 4 a long time, with their boats being seized when crossing the State maritime borders. These disputes have been ceaselessly rising between the fisherfolk from each Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, as many have been stating the dearth of “correct maritime patrolling” by the regulation enforcement businesses.