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Preparing for a dangerous
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Chennaidarling.com Monday Masala - Watch
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| Every person earn for their daily bread in some way or the
other, some people work and some people do business.Task of each and every
person varies from an easy task to a tough task, one of the tough task
people are the fishermen. Who go out for fishing to the mid sea with great
courage. Normally fishermen start off their work early in the morning around
2.30 AM when it is pitch dark, they set out in the presence of moon light,
before which they prepare themselves by knitting their nets like the
fisherman below. |
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Picture : Fisherman
knitting the net |
| Usual distance from the shore they travel is approximately
around Five kilometers, Nets they use for fishing is approximately spread
out to half a kilometer distance, they lay the net for at least three hours, after
laying the net for three hours, the pathetic condition is that , they get
very few fishes, what fishermen say the luck of day, after their fishing
they have to get back to the shore traveling five to six kilometers, which
makes them travel around twelve kilometers sea way. |
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Picture : Fishing
nets ready for loading into the boats |
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Picture : Boat ropes
used to pull boats which are coming to the shore |
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| After taking such a big risk some times with out proper guidance
of the distance, they move off to a far off place from the shore, some
times they cross the Indian border where they fall into the coastal guard
of the other country get locked up, their main guide is the light house
which shows them the path. |
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Picture : Light house |
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