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Victims of tsunami remembered on 12th anniversary ofdisaster

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
: Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today led the Union Territory of Puducherry in paying homage to those killed in the deadly tsunami in 2004 by observing a few minutes of silence at the seashore here.

Ministers and representatives of fishermen's outfits were part of thosewho threw petals into the sea and also observed of silence for a few minutes on the sea shore behind Mahatma Gandhi statue here on the 12th anniversary of tsunami.

Chairman of the National Fish Workers Forum M.Ilango was among those who paid homage to the victims of the disaster.

NFF presented a memorandum to the Chief Minister, seeking erection of a memorial on the seashore in memory of those killed.

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First Published: Dec 26 2016 | 6:42 PM IST

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