The fishermen, who have been fighting for the last eight months for the compensation against the damage they suffered due to the oil spill after the to the collision of two ships MSC Chitra and MV Khalija off the Mumbai shore in August 2010, felt terribly let down by the state government as they have received no compensation for their loss. The expert committee, appointed after the oil spill, recommended the compensation of Rs8.06 crore to be claimed from the ships involved in the incident. The report was submitted to the department in November, but even after the six months, the fishermen have received nothing from the government. Fisheries commissioner Hanumant Pawar