51 fishermen from Tamil Nadu released by Sri Lanka will return home today evening. The fishermen were released from Lankan jail as per decision made in joint working group meeting <br/>of Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Lankan Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera at Colombo earlier this month. <br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that the fishing hamlets of Nagapattinam Rameswaram are waiting with joy to receive fellow fishermen released from Lankan jail. The fifty one fishermen from Tamil Nadu will be handed over to Indian Coast Guard by Sri Lankan navy at the international maritime boundary line today afternoon. <br/><br/>The fishermen will be brought to Karaikal private port in Indian coast guard ship Rani Durgavati. The fishermen will be sent to their fishing hamlets by local fisheries authorities. Earlier Tamil Nadu Chief Minister had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the release of twenty fishermen lodged in Lankan jail and 118 fishing boats detained by Sri Lanka. The distance from Tamil Nadu coast and Sri Lankan waters is only a few kilometers that fishermen crosses over and get apprehended by Lankan Navy.