Mumbai, March 4: Indian Navy not only cares and protects our nation but it cares for each and every citizen of our country. One of the examples of it is Indian Naval Ship Sharda which rescued five fishermen who were floating in the water after their fishing vessel, FV Omkaram, sank about 35 kms North West of Azhikal port today.
The incident occurred at around 09.30 am when the ship was on patrol in the area. An alert lookout sighted movement in the water, which turned out to be the five floating fishermen. The ship lowered its life boats and rescued the five fishermen. Two of the fishermen had sustained minor injuries and were administered first aid by the Ship’s Medical Team.
The ship thereafter headed for Kochi to disembark the survivors. The rescued fishermen indicated that they had cast off from Cheruvathur in Kasargod at 4 am today. Water started entering the 13 feet boat, which they were unable to control. The fishermen remained afloat without any life saving devices from 06.30 am till they were rescued.
They were out of mobile range and were unable to swim or to seek help from other boats. They also stated that they had removed their clothes to wave at the ship and had almost lost hope of being rescued. All the survivors Manoharan (56) (Boat Owner), Vasav (57), Chandran (60), Suresh (42), Surendran (49) belong to Kanjanghad, Kasargod.