New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The sole survivor of the fishing boat tragedy off the Visakhapatnam coast, Andhra Pradesh, has recalled the terrifying moments after the vessel capsized in the Bay of Bengal, saying that seven fishermen were on board, and six of them clung to the overturned boat for nearly nine hours before they were forced to swim for survival.Narrating the ordeal, survivor Kari Chinna said, “There were seven of us on board the fishing boat. We had gone about 29 nautical miles off th…
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Visakhapatnam, July 8 (IANS) Authorities have called off the search operation for six fishermen who went missing off the coast of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, after their boat capsized on July 4, dashing the hopes of finding them alive.The fishermen remained untraced after a four-day-long search and rescue operation by the Indian Navy and Coast Guard.The authorities now presume the missing fishermen dead on the basis of information given by a fisherman, who was rescued by a cargo ship on Sunda…
Visakhapatnam, July 7 (IANS) The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard continued their search and rescue operation for six fishermen who went missing off the coast of Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam for the third day on Tuesday.Two ships and two helicopters of the Coast Guard continued the search on the basis of information given by a fisherman, who was rescued by a cargo ship on Sunday.The Navy and Coast Guard personnel were focusing their search around Gangavaram, where the fishing boat went missing….