Minister’s Verbal Orders cannot carried out, says the Jaffna District Department Fisheries
Although the Minister Of Fisheries had verbally ordered that the Fishermen from other districts who are staying in Vadamaradchchi North and engaging in illegal fishing should be expelled immediately, the Jaffna District Department Fisheries had said that they cannot act on verbal orders and expel such fishermen, said the President of the Vadamaradchchi North Fishermen Federation Nagarasa Tharmakulasingam.
The illegal fishing is continuing in Vadamaradchchi North and Vadamaradchchi East, despite Minister’s orders.
The other District fishermen had caused much damage to our fishing gear. The Minister ordered the District Deputy Director just in front of us. However the Deputy Director now say the he will take action only on written orders.
The Minister and the Department had got together to cheat us. If this cheating drama continues we will be forced take more serious action said, the president of the Federation Nagarasa Tharmakulasingam.