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No., TN/CC(S) DN/223/15-17, RNI No: 33810 / 82 were injured and 82 foreign nationals were missing. Fishermen issue: OPS writes to Modi Enquiry initiated on wall NT Bureau ‘The Government of Chennai, May 3: India should consider Tamilnadu Chief Minister O collapses at city airport Panneerselvam today said the developing specialised Centre should delegate powers infrastructure for to regulate fishing by vessels q Union Minister assures no such mishaps in future of 24 metres OAL and above to landing of Deep Sea maritime States. Fishing Vessels’ NT Bureau In a letter to Prime Minister Chennai, May 3: Narendra Modi, a copy of which sive Economic Zone and Other A departmental enquiry has been was released to the press here, Maritime Zones initiated into the frequent false ceil- Panneerselvam, said, ‘I wish Act 1976, a citizen of India need ing collapses at the Chennai airport, to bring to your kind attention a not get any licence or letter of au- Union Minister of State for Civil serious issue relating to two re- thority from the Central Govern- Aviation Mahesh Kumar Agarwal cent decisions of the Ministry of ment for fi shing in the EEZ. The today said. Agriculture, government of India rights granted to an Indian citizen The Minister was on his way to that could in effect lead to swamp- by an Act of Parliament cannot be Puducherry today. He landed by a ing by foreign fi shing vessels in abrogated by an Executive Order fl ight from the national capital at the India’s Exclusive Economic Zone of the Government.’ airport here before leaving for the and also increase the regulatory ‘In view of the above, I request Union Territory. burden on domestic fi shing fl eets. you to instruct the Department of Addressing mediapersons at the ‘The new Deep Sea Fishing Animal Husbandry Dairying and airport, Mahesh Kumar Agarwal, Guidelines issued by the De- Fisheries to withdraw its order said, ‘We have initiated a depart- partment of Animal Husbandry dated 12 November, 2014. I also mental enquiry of the frequent Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry urge the Government of India collapse of the false ceiling at the of Agriculture on 12 November, not to issue any fresh guidelines newly-inaugurated building of the 2014, have changed the defi nition for fi shing operations in India till Chennai airport. There may be of ‘Deep Sea Fishing Vessels’ re- a new Fisheries Act is enacted. structural defects.’ ducing the Over All Length (OAL) Before the Bill for the new Act ‘Only after a thorough enquiry, we to 15 metres instead of the OAL is introduced in Parliament, this will fi nd out the exact reason. We of 20 metres as per the original should be discussed with the will ensure that no such mishaps guidelines issued in 2004 and Ministries in charge of Fisheries occur in future’. continued in the guidelines issued of the coastal States and a con- in 2013. Further, the defi nition of sensus on the bill arrived at. The On the proposed expansion of Ma- ‘operator’ has been expanded to Government of India should con- durai and Tiruchi airports, he said, tise activities at the Chennai airport, ‘The Centre is considering privatising the include joint ventures with up to sider developing specialised infra- ‘We are analysing the possibilities Agarwal, said, ‘The Centre is con- 49 per cent foreign equity. This structure for landing of Deep Sea of expanding the airports. Work has sidering privatising the operations. operations in Chennai airport. However we will defi nition also includes now ‘Any Fishing Vessels, safe berthing, commenced in this regard.’ However, we are thinking of only al- only allow private participation in sanitary works’ Indian Citizen’. ‘In this connec- reception and handling of high Questioned about the proposal lowing private participation in sanitary tion, I wish to point out that the valued deep sea catch (like cold to set up a greenfi eld airport near works at the airport’. lapsed twice in fi ve days. Offi cials at the new domestic and international new Guidelines are per se illegal chain from harvest till consump- Chennai, Agarwal said, ‘a fi nal deci- It may be recalled that in the past rushed to the spot and are looking terminals, built at a cost of over Rs because they are contrary to the tion) to deliver premium quality sion in this regard would be taken few days, a portion of false ceiling into the matter. 2,000 crore and inaugurated by Vice- existing laws on the subject. As fi sh to fetch premium value in the by the Cabinet. We will convene a came down crashing at the domestic The airport has been witnessing a President Hamid Ansari in January per Section 7(5) of the Territorial domestic and international mar- Cabinet meeting and analyse the airport twice. spate of mishaps such as false ceiling 2013, raising questions about the Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclu- kets’, he said. issue in detail’. Portions of the false ceiling in the On the proposed decision to priva- fi rst fl oor of the domestic airport col- collapses and glass panels cracking quality of the construction. V’Kanth argues SPIRITUAL FERVOUR Five of a family with cops killed in mishap Tirunelveli, May 3 (PTI): at airport Five members of a fam- NT Bureau ily, including a six month Chennai, May 3: old boy, were killed and DMDK chief and Leader of Op- 10 seriously injured when position in the State Assembly Vi- the van they travelling in jayakanth and his outbusrts against collided with a bus at media personnel has made head- Kurukalpatti in the district lines many times in the recent past. today, police said. Now it was the turn of the police Those killed included personnel of the Intelligence depart- three women. The mis- ment to feel the heat, so to say. The hap occurred when the actor-turned-politician was involved family was returning to in a war of words with them at the Rajapalayam after offer- Chennai airport today. ing worship at a temple in This morning Vijayakanth reached Udangudi, police said. airport to take a flight to Singa- The bus was on its way to pore. No sooner he arrived, he Theni from Kadiyakavalai. was flanked by media personnel Devotees carry 1,008 milk pots today to the Mundakakanniamman temple in None of the passengers in who wanted to get a byte from the Mylapore on the occasion of Chitra Pournami. Photo: A R JAYAKUMAR it were hurt. politician. An annoyed Vijayakanth managed to leave the place only after hurling some angry words at the Intelli- Mayweather punches gence police on duty at the place. He wondered how come me- diamen could gather at the place without being tipped off by the Intel- his way to glory ligence police. He was pacifi ed by leaders of the Las Vegas, May 3 (AFP): the most lucrative in boxing his- DMDK, who came to see him off Floyd Mayweather cemented tory with revenues of $400 million. at the airport. As a result tension his status as the best pound-for- Pacquiao was the aggressor, prevailed at the airport this morning. pound boxer in the world with a pressing action from the first unanimous decision over Manny round and was able to land some Student attacked Pacquiao as the ‘Fight of the big lefts on Mayweather’s chin, Century’ failed to live up to the especially in the fi nal seconds of by bear, hype here. the early rounds.