4 boats vanish in a single day as territorial dispute between Tamil Nadu, Andhra fishermen results in a political storm
4 min learnHyderabadMar 24, 2026 08:46 PM IST
4 fishing boats from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, seized by fishermen in Nellore after they allegedly entered Andhra Pradesh waters, disappeared in a single day in an incident that has led to a political spat.
The 4 boats and their crew have been detained final week by fishermen from Nellore and have been towed to Juvvaladinne Fishing Harbour. Following this, the Nellore fishermen have been engaged in talks with native officers and political leaders, however within the meantime, on Saturday evening, the 4 boats went lacking.
The YSRCP has alleged that the ruling TDP’s leaders secretly negotiated with Juvvaladinne village elders and directed the harbour’s evening watchmen to let the boats go to keep away from an inter-state dispute.
YSRCP Nellore district president and former minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy alleged on Tuesday that the boats went lacking with the involvement of Rajya Sabha MP Beeda Masthan Rao and TDP leaders. He alleged that the plan to take away the boats was executed from the Nellore Collectorate beneath the route of Minister Kollu Ravindra, and demanded solutions from the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naiduand ministers Lokesh and Kollu Ravindra, in addition to district law enforcement officials, together with SP, DSP, and CI.
He alleged that police, as a substitute of supporting the native fishermen, have been threatening and harassing them, displaying what he claimed was the federal government’s lack of dedication towards fishermen’s welfare.
Beeda Masthan Rao Yadav has denied the claims. In a video assertion, he mentioned he had nothing to do with the lacking boats. “Fishermen of Nellore have been requesting to resolve poaching and interstate fishing disputes for a number of months. I’ve not participated in discussions or the discharge of the Tamil Nadu fishing boats. The CM ought to order an inquiry into the matter. The AP authorities has taken up the problem of fish poaching with TN,” he mentioned.
On Tuesday, to assuage the fishermen, the AP Fisheries Division deployed high-speed patrolling boats off the coast of Nellore to verify poaching by fishing boats from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
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Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, who’s from Nellore, mentioned that the state’s Commissioner of Fisheries, Rama Shankar Naik, wrote to his counterpart in Tamil Nadu to direct fishermen from that state to not enterprise into Andhra Pradesh’s waters.
Reddy mentioned that though the 4 trespassing boats have been docked on the harbour and have been beneath the custody of Nellore police, the crew managed to free the boats and sailed away.
“For a number of months, boats from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have been being sized by native fishermen. These 4 boats have been within the custody of native police, however there was collusion between sure people and the boats disappeared. These boats primarily launch from the Karaikal fishing harbour situated between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. As increasingly more boats enterprise into the ocean, a lot of disputes are occurring on the interstate borders. The Centre has energy over the ocean borders; states are helpless. We’re interesting to the Centre to intervene,” Reddy advised The Indian Specific.
Reddy additionally mentioned that fishermen of over 160 coastal villages are involved concerning the mechanised fishing boats from TN and Puducherry venturing into Andhra Pradesh waters, usually resulting in confrontations at sea.
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Former YSRCP minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy mentioned that mechanised boats from Tamil Nadu have been illegally coming into Andhra Pradesh waters, damaging nets and looting marine assets, severely affecting native fishermen’s livelihoods. “With no motion from authorities regardless of repeated complaints, native fishermen risked their lives to seize 4 boats and preserve them beneath their management. Nonetheless, TDP leaders, in coordination with Tamil fishermen, secretly obtained the boats launched with out informing native fishermen,” he alleged.
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