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CHENNAI: The Kasimedu fishing harbour is set to be spruced up with

more facilities like fresh water, drainage with a clean environment and a
new ship repair unit.
A proposal to this effect has been prepared by the fisheries department
and Chennai Port Trust and sent to the Union shipping ministry for
approval and funding.

Sharing details with TOI, Chennai Port Trust chairman Sunil Paliwal said a
proposal to modernise half a dozen fishing harbours in the country was
announced in the last Union budget. It included the harbour.
Initially, a proposal was made for Rs 150 crore with additional space to
anchor boats to decongest the harbour. However, it was later reduced to
₹100 crore as a ‘tuna fishing harbour’ is coming up near Tiruvottiyur. Once
this facility is ready a good number of deep-sea fishing boats will move in there, he said.

The modernization work includes a mechanised fish handling complex. This place will have facilities for exporting fish as well
as taking up repair work of boats mechanically. Another feature will be a cold storage and CCTV camera surveillance.
A perimeter wall will be constructed covering the entire harbor. A trawler wharf with a fish handling shed on the southern side
and an additional landing wharf on the northern part of the harbor are some of the other facilities that will form a part of the
modernization work, he said.

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A chain link gate at the exit point of the harbor will come up to stop the entry of boats/trawlers into the sea in case of any
cyclone warning or inclement weather.

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