The state government has brought home 921 fishermen from Andhra Pradesh who were stranded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu since the lockdown was imposed. While 236 fishermen from Malipi and Mangaluru harbours in Karnataka reached the state on Sunday morning, 685 fishermen from Tamil Nadu came by train later in the evening. Recently, the government had prepared a list 5,034 fishermen who got stranded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The rest of the fishermen would start coming in phases from next week, said Arijili Dasu, a fisherman-activist in the state. The fishermen brought back are from the districts of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagram and Srikakulam. They have been sent to quarantine centres for 14 days upon their return. The government has already announced a compensation of Rs 5,000 for each of the migrant fishermen from the state who got stranded at their workplaces because of the lockdown. The total number of beneficiaries would be around 10,000, added Dasu. Earlier, the government had evacuated 4,054 fishermen from Veraval Port in Gujarat and brought them back by buses. In addition, another 48 fishermen from neighbouring Odisha have also been brought home by the state government.