Tamil Nadu Chennai News Live Updates: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 22 Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing in its territorial waters, a senior Tamil Nadu Fisheries department official said on Thursday, reported PTI. The fishermen– 13 of them hailing from Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu and the rest from Karaikkal in neighbouring Puducherry union territory, were apprehended in two separate instances on Wednesday, the official said. Further, two of their boats have also been seized, he added.
Tamil Nadu recorded fresh 618 coronavirus cases and four deaths on Wednesday. So far the state has recorded 34,47,006 cases and 37,993 fatalities. As many as 2,153 got discharged and the number of total active cases fell to 10,782. Among the districts, Chennai registered 156 fresh cases. The number of active cases dropped to 2,214 from 2,423 a day ago. So far 7,49,330 positive cases have been registered in the city.
Meanwhile, expressing concern over the ‘unabated’ instances of arrest of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy and attacks on the fishers, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday demanded the Centre’s immediate intervention in ensuring a permanent solution to the issue by engaging with Colombo. In other news, the Pulse Polio Immunization campaign in Tamil Nadu will be conducted on Sunday. As many as 43,051 booths have been set up in all the primary health centres, government hospitals, anganwadis, noon meal centres, schools and other public places in the state.
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