Local fishermen bring the fishing boat to safety off the Colomb shore.
CANACONA
A boat which got caught and began drifting away in the rough sea off Galgibaga was successfully brought ashore at Colomb in the wee hours of Thursday.
According to sources, a fishing boat got caught in the rough sea on account of Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ while fishing for prawns in the sea off Galgibaga on Wednesday and began to drift away from the shore.
The boat owner, Srirang Pagi, and his partner, Santosh Thakkar, who were on the boat at the time, found themselves lost in the rough sea. They panicked and contacted the Talpona Coastal Police on their mobile phone, requesting help to rescue them.
The Talpona Coastal police then alerted the Karwar Coast Guard for assistance to trace the boat caught in the rough sea.
While a Coast Guard boat led by officer Yogesh Singh went in search of the fishing boat, local fishermen finally managed to trace the boat and navigate it towards the Colomb coast. With the help of a rope, the fishermen secured the boat at Colomb beach.
Talpona Coastal Police Inspector Navlesh Dessai confirmed that both Srirang Pagi and Santosh Thakkar were safe and sound.
The fishing boat got caught in the sea on a day when the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a port warning for Maharashtra-Goa coast and also warned of total suspension of fishing operations for the next couple of days, on account of the severe cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’,
The Met department has also advised total suspension of fishing operations over eastcentral and adjoining westcentral and south Arabian sea till June 12 and west central and adjoining northwest Arabian sea from June 12 to 14.
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) had issued a warning forecasting high waves in the range of 2.3 to 3.2 metres along the coast off Goa between Vengurla and Vasco on Wednesday night.
