One useless, three lacking in fishing boat accident off Kerala coast
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By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: One fisherman died whereas three others went lacking after their boat capsized at Muthalapozhi harbour in Perumathura on Monday early morning.
The deceased has been recognized as Kunjumon of Puthukurichy. Those lacking are Biju, Mandas and Biju.
All the boys hail from Puthukurichy and have been working within the boat owned by Antony, who can also be a local of Puthukurichy.
According to native sources, the fibre boat through which the 4 have been travelling capsized on the entrance of the harbour at 4 am as they have been getting into the ocean. Since it was pitch darkish, the incident didn’t come to the eye of different fishers at first.
On understanding concerning the incident the fishermen instantly mounted a search operation and recovered Kunjumon. Though he was respiratory, he died en path to Chirayinkeezhu taluk hospital.
The fishermen of the world mentioned the ocean has been tough and the unscientific method through which the harbour was constructed elevated the severity of accidents.
For the previous 9 years, there have been greater than 6o incidents of drowning of fishermen at Muthalapozhi and close by seas, in response to the native fishermen.
The fishermen have been elevating the grievance that defective development of the harbour is without doubt one of the important causes behind surging incidents of drowning at Muthalapozhi. They preserve that sand has been accumulating alarmingly on the mouth of the ‘pozhi’ decreasing the manoeuvrability of the vessels.
Last Tuesday additionally, a ship capsized in the identical place. Four fishermen, who have been getting into the ocean in a fibre boat, had a miraculous escape after their vessel was turned over by a humongous wave.
The coastal police sources mentioned they’ve knowledgeable the district administration to rearrange assist for the Coast Guard to conduct search operations for the lacking ones.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: One fisherman died whereas three others went lacking after their boat capsized at Muthalapozhi harbour in Perumathura on Monday early morning.
The deceased has been recognized as Kunjumon of Puthukurichy. Those lacking are Biju, Mandas and Biju.
All the boys hail from Puthukurichy and have been working within the boat owned by Antony, who can also be a local of Puthukurichy.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
According to native sources, the fibre boat through which the 4 have been travelling capsized on the entrance of the harbour at 4 am as they have been getting into the ocean. Since it was pitch darkish, the incident didn’t come to the eye of different fishers at first.
On understanding concerning the incident the fishermen instantly mounted a search operation and recovered Kunjumon. Though he was respiratory, he died en path to Chirayinkeezhu taluk hospital.
The fishermen of the world mentioned the ocean has been tough and the unscientific method through which the harbour was constructed elevated the severity of accidents.
For the previous 9 years, there have been greater than 6o incidents of drowning of fishermen at Muthalapozhi and close by seas, in response to the native fishermen.
The fishermen have been elevating the grievance that defective development of the harbour is without doubt one of the important causes behind surging incidents of drowning at Muthalapozhi. They preserve that sand has been accumulating alarmingly on the mouth of the ‘pozhi’ decreasing the manoeuvrability of the vessels.
Last Tuesday additionally, a ship capsized in the identical place. Four fishermen, who have been getting into the ocean in a fibre boat, had a miraculous escape after their vessel was turned over by a humongous wave.
The coastal police sources mentioned they’ve knowledgeable the district administration to rearrange assist for the Coast Guard to conduct search operations for the lacking ones.
