Indiawill soon take measures to stop their fishermen from straying into Sri Lankan maritime waters. They could soon put in place a string of physical buoys on the seas to physically demarcate its settled maritime border with Sri Lanka, according to the Asian Age. The Ministry of shipping has constituted a committee - headed by the countrys chief hydrographer Vice Admiral B R Rao - that will consider and suggest measures to forewarn Indian fishermen from straying into Sri Lanka waters.
Apart from the physical buoys, other measures under consideration include enabling cellphone blips for fishermen so that they know (by the blips of their mobiles) whenever they are crossing into Sri Lankan waters, the report said adding, the committee has already contacted one of Indias leading telecom service providers and discussed ways to make this possible. Sources told the Asian Age said that fishermen carry their mobile phones so that they can contact family members as they near the shore.
We are trying to use technology to alert them as they near the maritime border, said an official. Lighthouses could also flash lights in such a way that its light dims and completely vanishes by the time fishing boats reach the maritime border.