Malpe: Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has assured a delegation of fishermen which met him to take a suitable decision in the days to come on the government orders pertaining to the capacity of  engines to be installed to fishing boats.

On Thursday, the delegation  of the Malpe Fishermen’s Association met the CM in Bangalore and submitted a memorandum to him. He said the already enforced rules would be in vogue until further orders.

It may be recalled here that the government had issued a notification banning installation of engines above 250 horse power capacity to fishing boats after fixing  the capacity of engines to different mechanized boats. The fishermen had also been given time of six months to change the engines lest diesel subsidy would stand cancelled.

However, the delegation led by Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat said the government notification has hit hard the fishermen. Others in the delegation were Hirianna T Kidiyoor, President of Malpe Fishermen’s Association and Yashpal A Suvarna, President of DK District Fish Marketing Federation.