Mumbai sources have stated that a stranded fishing vessel, 'Mariyam', with 11 fisher folk on board that was rescued on Sunday by the Indian Coast Guard off Maharashtra, is now safe and proceeding to Kochi. Meanwhile an official said the ICG swung into action after receiving a distress call from the Tamilnadu registered vessel, stranded in the high seas, sometime on Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile later in the evening, Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also tweeted a request to help out the vessel, registered in Tuticorin. An ICG spokesperson told "The fishing boat had run out of fuel and the ICG diverted one of its ships in the vicinity to render all required assistance to it, around 170 km off Ratnagiri coast. By the time, the ICG ship reached, another fishing vessel had helped 'Mariyam' with fuel and it has now started its voyage to Kerala".
Sources have stated that the ICG ship would
accompany it for some time and the fishing vessel was expected to reach Kochi
after a couple of days. Accordingly 'Mariyam' had set sail from Tamilnadu on
January 7, but after running out of fuel near Ratnagiri, it was drifting around
in the area since late Friday.
