The countrywide lockdown forced by the COVID-19 pandemic has left thousands of migrant fishermen from Andhra Pradesh stranded at the Veraval fishing harbour in Gujarat, one of the country’s largest.

Shaik Navab Jani, 32, is busy cooking rice and fish on a 15-metre mid-sized mechanised fishing trawler anchored at the harbour in Veraval. The coastal town in Gujarat is considered to be one of ...

“How many deaths can you have at the harbour,” said Sandiyya. Marine fishing laws require all boats to be equipped with lifejackets, buoys and even portable toilets. Few boats in Veraval have ...

Veraval is famous for its fish export business, manufacture of fishing nets, fishing boats and cargo ships which have all been affected by the rise in fuel prices. "Marine fishermen are facing a ...