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More land for fishing harbour

Nagercoil: The district administration will hand over adequate land to the Fisheries Department for establishing a fishing harbour at Thengapattinam on October 8, according to Collector, Dev Raj Dev.

Speaking to presspersons here on Friday, he said the Government had decided to construct a fishing harbour at Thengapattinam at a cost of Rs.30.55 crore. They need not migrate to Kerala in search of employment.

As directed by the Government, the district administration held a direct negotiation with the landowners and acquired 4.03.35 acres at Painkulam.

In addition, the district administration was in need of 2.19.99 hectares for the harbour. But the landowners refused to part their land with the Government during the negotiation.

But the Government was committed to implementing this project and under the Urgency Clause, it decided to acquire the land. Notification had already been issued and the landowners would air their grievances and suggestions to Revenue Divisional officer, Padmanabhapuram, on September 28.

Steps had already been taken to hand over acquired land to the Fisheries Department on October 8 after completing all formalities, said the Collector.

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