Kavaratti, June 4 -- Amid the ongoing protests by islanders and others against the Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khoda Patel's unilateral decisions for development, the administration approved yet another contentious plan to strengthen security on the island.

In the meeting held by the administration officials, along with the department of port shipping and aviation, a decision was taken to depute a government servant on local fishing boats as 'deemed fit for intelligence gathering'.

This move is towards strengthening the security measures to monitor the local fishing boats and crews, a government note read.

The administration also decided on intensive checking of motorised and other vessels arriving in the island, along with necess...