In pictures/video: Fishermen returned from Pakistan jails welcomed

Ahmedabad, 29 May, 2014

150 Indian fishermen released from jails in Pakistan today arrived at Ahmedabad’s Kalupur railway station where Fisheries minister Bachubhai Khabad welcomed them.

The state government has made arrangements of travel for fishermen from Wagah border to coastal town Veralal.

92 among those released are from Junagadh district, 10 from Valsad, 5 from Jamnagar, 1 from Navsari, 26 from union territory Diu/Daman, 11 from Maharashtra, 5 from Uttar Pradesh and 1 from West Bengal.

According to minister Khabad, family of each fisherman is paid Rs. 150 per day from the date of his mid-sea arrest by Pakistan Marine Security Agency to the date they return.

Officers of Fisheries department Shri PL Darbar, MK Chaudhary, PJ Kapadia, NR Patel and Kalupur railway station manager Dinesh Varma also welcomed fishermen who returned from Pakistan jails.