Mangalore: Deputy Commissioner/Magistrate Subodh Yadav has decided to extend city buses to Old Bunder yards for the benefit of fishermen and women, following discussions on fishing matters on Monday (April 18) here.
Bus routes 26 and 32 could be used for this purpose, besides some more buses upto old port at the Mangalore harbour to serve fishermen/women who come to markets near SBI bus stand with their catch in auto rickshaws.
Fishermen had complained to DC against some miscreants who forcibly took away select varieties of marine catch like pompfret, shrimp and seer fish.
The meeting with fishing community had had useful discussions on de-silting (Gurpur Gurpur (Falguni) river and a single point morning jetty that MRPL/ONGC was planning to build 16 kms away from Bunder.