Gujrat fishermen urge speedy visa to bring back captured boats

RAJKOT: Fishermen's organization Akhil Gujarat Machhimar Mahamandal (AGMM) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to speed up visa process for fishermen's representatives from Gujarat to visit Pakistan to get back 22 Indian boats captured by Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA).

"The Pakistan government has agreed to release 22 Indian boats which were captured by PMSA but due to some unknown reasons they are unable to grant visa to four members of team of Indian delegation who are waiting to visit Pakistan to get back Indian fishing boats'' Manish Lodhari, Vice-President, AGMM, said in his letter.

"We have written to Indian government urging them to release Pakistan's boats so that our fishermen get their boats back," he added.

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