Five fishermen from Chellanam rescued

Five fishermen from Chellanam, who were stranded successful the oversea aft their vessel developed motor failure, were rescued by their counterparts from Colachel connected Friday evening (October 24).

The Coastal Police said the Kerala fishermen were safe. The five, who are natives of Kandakkadavu successful Chellanam, were brought to the enactment precocious successful the night. They had ventured into the oversea connected a vessel named Emmanuel astir 4.30 a.m. Their household members raised an alarm aft they failed to instrumentality until Friday afternoon. They usually returned to the enactment astir 9 a.m.

The Coastal Police said a hunt cognition was launched to hint the missing fishermen arsenic efforts to interaction them implicit mobile phones failed to output results. After the vessel developed motor failure, it started drifting successful the sea. The different fishermen, who had ventured on with them from the Chellanam coast, could not realise that they were stranded, arsenic the upwind remained rough. They besides returned aboriginal pursuing the unsmooth oversea condition. The fishermen from Colachel, who were connected committee a vessel named Nadhan, spotted them and initiated rescue measures, they said.