Odisha’s Ganjam district administration provided shelter to over 100 fishermen from Andhra Pradesh Monday after they returned from deep sea operations ahead of the impending landfall of cyclonic storm ‘Montha’.

They will be sent to their home state after the situation normalises, Ganjam Collector Keerthi Vassan V said.

The fishermen of various areas of Andhra Pradesh were in the deep sea for fishing in 28 fishing trawlers. They could not attempt to return as the condition of the sea became rough under the influence of the cyclone, which was brewing in the Bay of Bengal, officials said.

The fishermen with their vessels took shelter in the Gopalpur port Monday afternoon. The authorities of the port allowed them to stay in the safe backwater zone to stay after the intervention of the distr

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