At least eight fishermen stranded off Gujarat coast were rescued by Indian Coast Guard on Friday morning.
As per the information Indian fishing boat Mayur Sagar with eight crew members was stranded about 1.8 nautical miles from Porbandar since August 29. The Indian Coast Guard used an advanced light helicopter to winch the eight crew members in the boat to bring them on shore. These eight fishermen were later treated at Medicare Centre of the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard has been carrying out extensive rescue operation in the region for last four days due to difficult weather conditions in the region that saw a number of fishing boats with crew members caught in the rough high seas, either running aground or capsizing. The Coast Guard had rescued almost a 100 fishermen from the region since, pressing four ships as well as Dornier and AlH heloicopters.
As many as five fishermen aboard boat Pushpak that capsized around 25-30 nautical miles off Porbandar have lost their lives, even as 11 others were missing.
Fishing boat Samai Raj was stranded 25 nautical miles, while Mahadev was stuck 30 nautical miles in the sea.
These boats were towed to shore by ICGS Ankit and ICGS Samrat respectively. Two other boats Krishna and Sahil with 13 crew members and Hariom with eight crew members too were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard continued its operations to search and rescue the fishermen who are still unaccounted for from their fishing expedition in high seas.