He said that those fishermen who had landed in other states are being brought to Tamil Nadu and the state government officials who are specially assigned for the task are taking care of their travel and other needs.



Meanwhile, officials in Kanyakumari on Sunday said 24 ships and  14 aircraft and choppers are being used to search the missing fishermen. They also said that electricity supply, which was hit hard during the cyclone that devastated the southern district recently, has been restored in many fishing hamlets.

With loss of lives and properties and with fishermen going missing in large numbers, the Tamil Nadu government has urged the Centre to declare the recent Ockhi cyclone a national disaster. A central team is set to visit the state soon to assess the damage.