As critical cyclonic hurricane ‘Asani’ within the Bay of Bengal continues to rage on, the Indian Coast Guard on Monday rescued 11 stranded fishermen from the tough sea off Sonapur Seaside in Odisha’s Ganjam district.

The fishermen in a foreign country boat ‘D Jangameeya’, getting back from Visakhapatnam, used to be stranded within the Bay of Bengal since 9 am amid prime cyclonic winds round 1 km from the coast close to Sonepur after affected by an engine failure.

Not able to manoeuvre the boat to the shore, the fishermen, all citizens of Chikiti house of Ganjam district, feared for his or her lives because of prime tides, cyclonic winds and tough sea stipulations, in keeping with the observation of the rescued staff contributors. The Ganjam district management used to be alerted in regards to the topic and briefly knowledgeable the Particular Reduction Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Kumar Jena at round 3:15 pm. “I known as up the Indian Coast Guard government at Paradip who straight away introduced a rescue operation. With the assistance of a chopper, 11 individuals had been rescued,” mentioned Jena.

Responding briefly to the location, the Indian Coast Guard deployed its complex helicopter ALH MK III from Bhubaneswar for the rescue operation. The entire fishermen had been safely airlifted to the Sonapur seaside. The entire fishermen had been supplied with first support and served meals and water.

The Indian Coast Guard has been running in shut coordination with the civil management of the states of Odisha and West Bengal to verify minimal casualties at sea forward of cyclone ‘Asani’. Coast Guard ships on patrol and plane on surveillance had been broadcasting climate warnings to fishermen and mariners at sea.

As a part of its constitution of tasks, the Indian Coast Guard undertakes Maritime Seek and Rescue operations regularly.

(With inputs from Kailash Behera and Thabir)

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