Mangaluru, 30 Jul: The decision of Chief Minister B S Yadiyurappa in his first cabinet meeting on Monday July 29, to waive the loans of fishermen will help as many as 23,507 fishermen of the three coastal districts who had an outstanding loan of Rs 60.584 crores during 2017-18 and 2018-19.
BJP MLAs of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi districts led by Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat had met Chief Minister BS Yadiyurappa and had made an appeal to waive the loans of fishermen, stated a press release from Mangaluru South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath.