"fishermen"

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani took the decision about the relief package after reviewing the situation during a meeting on Tuesday evening, an official release said.

According to state government officials, three boats, which were tied at the Veraval harbour, drifted into the sea in the early hours of Tuesday.

Following a complaint, the ACB officials have caught Fisheries Department Deputy Director Mohammed Khadeer Ahmed in his office in Karimnagar town for accepting bribe of Rs 40,000 and Senior Assistant Anjaiah

The boat, IFB Rabah, with 14 fishermen on board, had set off from Beypore in Kozhikode district of Kerala Sunday evening.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said the victims' kin have consented for compensation of Rs 10 crore above the ex-gratia amount already paid in the case.

Smooth-coated otter was listed as an endangered animal by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had demanded the setting up of a separate ministry for fisheries at a meeting in Puducherry.

Since the district received heavy rains in the last monsoon, all the water bodies in the district are brimming

Under Integrated Fisheries Development scheme, the Minister said fishermen were being given mopeds, four-wheelers, fishing nets, mobile fish kiosks and other facilities at subsidised rates.

A total of 22 fishermen were onboard the ill-fated boat at the time of the incident, police said.