The state finance department has approved disbursement of Rs 15.80 crore as compensation towards the losses incurred by the fishering during the 2019 Kyarr and Maha .
The state had already approved a specialfinancial package of Rs 65.17 crorein September 2020 for thefishermenaffected by the cyclone Kyaar and Maha and the fishermen who had already been facing financial crisis due to stormy weather from August to October 2019. But with the Covid-19 crisis hitting the state soon after, only 50% of the funds had been disbursed. Now, the remaining amount too has been approved for disbursal.