Chennai, Oct. 16 -- Tamil Nadu Chief M K Stalinntoday urged Prime Minister NarendraModi to take up the issues relating to the safety of TN fishermen, including retrieval ofKatchatheevu, preventive attacks and arrests by SL Navy and ensuring the traditionalrights of fishermen for fishing in the Palk Bay,with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister duringher visit to India.
In a Demi-Official letter to Mr Modi, copies of which were released to the media here, hereferred to the three-day visit of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister to New Delhi from todayand said this visit presents a valuable opportunity to address the persistent challengesfaced by Indian fishermen in the traditional fishing waters of the Palk Bay.
He urged Mr Modi to raise these concerns ...