If they submit any such memorandum we, as an enforcement agency, will certainly take serious note of that," commandant IJ Singh, spokesperson of Indian Coast Guard, told MAIL TODAy on Wednesday. Post 26/11, some community interactions were also initiated by the Coast Guard at various landing stations, in a bid to sensitise local fishermen about strengthening national security. So, we have resolved to facilitate the national coastal agencies with the idea of stopping bottom-trawling (or bull-trawling) activities at night," he pointed out. WOULD HELP REDUCE INFILTRATION"The fish workers' forum in Bengal (Dakshinbanga Matsyajibi Forum) will submit the memorandum to the Indian Coast Guard asking to stop bottom-trawling or bull-trawling fishing activities in the sea at night. Under the first phase of a coastal security scheme, six police stations have come up in Digha Mohana, Talpatighat, Haldibari (Sunderbans), Maipith, Frezerganj and Hemnagar.

Source: India Today July 21, 2016 03:11 UTC