காச்சதீவு — பாக்கு நீரிணை ஆவணம்Katchatheevu and the Palk Strait Civic File
Katchatheevu is a 285-acre uninhabited island in the Palk Strait. Sovereignty was formalised as Sri Lankan under two binding maritime instruments — the 1974 India–Sri Lanka Maritime Boundary Agreement and the 1976 follow-on agreement — which together delimited fishing rights across the Palk Strait, Gulf of Mannar, and Bay of Bengal. This hub reads the Katchatheevu question as a livelihood file, not a retrocession campaign: Tamil Nadu fisher arrests must be paired with northern Sri Lankan Tamil fishing recovery. Both agreements are always cited together; neither is minimised.
The file so far
- Maritime DeskKatchatheevu — Maritime Desk dossier
Long-form file with both treaties, MEA record, and livelihood evidence.
- Maritime DeskCited Evidence Record (Tier A + Tier B)
MEA answers (Tier A) plus verified journalism (Tier B). External sources only.
- RelatedPalk Strait fisher file — full desk
The wider civic file on the Palk Strait fisher question.
Sources cited
Tier-A only. Every load-bearing claim on this hub is anchored to a source below.
- Agreement between India and Sri Lanka on the Boundary in Historic Waters (1974) — United Nations Treaty Collection
- Agreement between India and Sri Lanka on the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal (1976) — United Nations Treaty Collection
- Ministry of External Affairs — Rajya Sabha answers on Katchatheevu — Government of India · MEA