Tamil Nadu Fishermen  

A Naval helicopter from INS Parundu launched for Search & Rescue (SAR) Operation and rescued the fishermen

The fishermen who set sail to catch fish and returned within 20 hours, said that their catch was poor due to seasonal change and the coronavirus lockdown
 

Financial aid offered to 18 fishermen in Tamil Nadu.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Palaniswami sought his intervention and requested him to direct the External Affairs Ministry to take up the matter with Sri Lankan authorities in "concrete and decisive manner".

The purported killing of the fisherman by the Sri Lankan Navy and arrests of several others have prompted India to raise the issue with Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Tamil Nadu fishermen have called off their six-day protest over the death of an Indian fisherman, killed in the Sri Lankan Navy firing, following a talk with Union Minister Nirmala Seetharaman and Pon Radhakrishnan.