Sinking boat with six fishermen rescued

A mechanised boat from Thoothukudi rescued a sinking boat from Tharuvaikulam with six fishermen off Tiruchendur coast on Tuesday.

A group of six fishermen from Tharuvaikulam near here had gone for multi-day deep sea stay fishing in the mechanised boat of Antony Raj of Tharuvaikulam. While they were fishing 30 nautical miles east of Tiruchendur on Tuesday, the fourth day of fishing, seawater entered the boat.

With the boat gradually sinking, they made distress call to nearby boats. As one of the mechanised boats from Thoothukudi fishing harbour was fishing at a distance, it rushed to the spot and rescued all the fishermen, along with the nets and other fishing gear.

After rescuing the fishermen, the sinking boat was towed to Tharuvaikulam fish landing centre by the Thoothukudi fishermen in the night.