Indian Coast Guard rescued seven fishermen from a sinking boat near Vanakbara Beach in Diu. This was informed in an official statement released on Tuesday. There was some fault in the fishing boat and it was stuck in the sea near the beach. On receiving information from the Diu administration at 8 pm on Monday night, the Coast Guard deployed an indigenously made ‘Advanced and Light Helicopter’ from Porbandar for this rescue operation.
In cold weather and darkness, rescue operations were started at Vanakbara Beach, which is located 175 km from Porbandar. The statement said that despite the thick darkness and all the difficulties in the sea, skilled pilots completed the rescue operation within an hour of the aircraft launch from Porbandar and all the seven fishermen were rescued safely. All seven crew members were airlifted to a safe place, the statement said.
At the same time, before this, a major accident took place in Jorhat of Assam on 8 September, when two boats carrying 120 passengers collided on the Brahmaputra river. Two people had died in this accident.
#WATCH | In a rescue operation amidst challenging weather on Monday night, an ALH Dhruv helicopter rescued 7 crew from a distressed boat off Diu. All personnel are safe: Indian Coast Guard
Video courtesy: Indian Coast Guard pic.twitter.com/y5Bv0Sv2m0
— ANI (@ANI) September 14, 2021
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A single engine private boat going to Majuli with about 90 passengers collided with a government boat near Nimti Ghat. The administration was able to contact 84 people in different villages of Jorhat and Majuli districts, from which information was received about 87 people on board.
In Goa too, a fishing boat capsized near the coast in Velsao on 4 September. However, 14 fishermen were safely rescued from the sea. The fishermen were rescued by ‘Drishti Lifesavers’, an agency working on behalf of the tourism department of the Goa government for the safety of the tourists taking them into the sea. Public relations officers of Drishti Lifeguard said that 30 lifeguards, led by Drishti Deputy Manager Shashikant Jadhav, were involved in the rescue operation that lasted for two hours, who himself saved 12 fishermen.
