Indian Coast Guards rescued as many as five crew members of an Indian fishing board off Kutch coast. According of coast guard statement around 4 am on Wednesday, about 50 nautical miles away from Jakhau an Indian fishing boat Urvasagar, raised a distress call.
Coast guard ship Meera Behn maintaining routine patrol in area acknowledged and diverted to respond.
On arriving at the scene of action, noticed an Indian fishing boat partly submerged in water.
There were five crew on-board and were recovered safely. On positive identification, the ship’s boarding team were lowered to assess the situation and the operations room at Okha was informed.
It was ascertained that water ingress from the machinery compartment lead to such a situation. The coast guard personnel by using the portable submersible pumps de-flooded the compartments. It took approximately three hours to stabilise the boat and take the situation under control. The boat and her crew were later towed till Jakhau coast and handed over to another boat arranged by the owner.