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Multi-agency search continues for missing fishermen in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam, involving the Coast Guard, police, and local fishermen, despite worsening weather conditions.
The family usually crossed the estuary to reach home whenever the currents were weak.
The Commission had taken suo motu cognisance of the issue following a series of accidents at Muthalapozhi.
Fishermen and those working in this sector have been urging the authorities to ensure safe passage for the fishermen into the deep sea via the estuary channel.
The agitated protesters surrounded the Harbour Engineering Department office, alleging inaction despite repeated requests.
Sivankutty said there are planned moves to mislead the fishermen.
Fishermen and trade unions have been staging a protest at the harbour over the government's failure to clear the sand accumulated at the harbour mouth.
The fishermen fell into the water while trying to retrieve their fishing nets from the sea.
Muthalapozhi in Thiruvananthapuram, which has become a death trap for fishermen, witnessed the loss of 46 lives between 2016 and 2024.
73 people died in Muthalapozhi in the last eight years, and 29 of them right in the mouth of the estuary.
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