Mangalore: If you visit old Bunder the heart of Mangalore fishing, we can see anchored nearly three thousand fishing boats.
These and other Persian fishing boats are life of Mangalore.
At least ten person in every fishing boat and nearly twenty five person in every persian count lakhs of labour are at lay off now.
Fifteen days are over as there are no boats gone for fishing and it seems that at least further ten more days the fishing may not start.
A fishing boat which carries one driver and a assistant to him have total ten crew on boards. Three hundred ice logs on ten kg each they carry to preserve the catch.
In these ten days trip in the sea may be average of ten tons of variety of fish they catch when a round trip finished by fishing boat.
Persian boats may bring three times more in all respect.
Presently everything has stopped.
Average of three thousand people from Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Orissa, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala Uttar Pradesh living without any hassle here now.
Those who reached port after closure of road rail transport and some had come to work one season, are here.
Owners of boats provided ration to crews now.but these crews are waiting to feed us the coastal delicacy's at fish restaurant's for all of us.