With reservoirs, ponds and tanks parched everywhere, inland fishermen say they are finding it extremely difficult to earn even Rs. 50 a day. They are demanding drought relief and a dole similar to that given to sea-faring fishermen during the fishing-ban period. An inland fisherman of Mettur, P. Ramar, says the dam has only a few feet of water and the young ones of the fish have not grown. Usually, we will have a minimum of 40 feet of water but this year with no rains, fishermen who have bought annual licences from the Fisheries Department are travelling to Karnataka as labourers where they are paid Rs. 10 to Rs. 15 per kilo they catch, he said demanding urgent drought relief. They fish either using coracles or wading in water. In many places, the fish that is caught in dams, tanks and ponds are sold through fishermen cooperative societies. V. Velmurugan of the Kulithalai Vatta Ull Naattu Meenavar Kooturavu Sangam in Karur district said the 700 members affiliated to his society were finding it very difficult this year.