7 fishermen rescued off Okha by coast guard

AHMEDABAD: Seven crew members of a fishing boat Suvarn Raj were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard when the vessel was sinking in the Arabian Sea off Okha coast on Tuesday.
The Indian Coast Guard at Okha received information from Gujarat fisheries authorities about a fishing boat capsizing 2km off Okha.
Soon, the Indian Coast Guard diverted its hovercrafts H-191 and H-184 to the spot.A team of seven Indian Coast Guard divers was also dispatched in a Marine Police boat, a release said.
The prevailing sea conditions were hostile with wind gusting at 25 knots and waves swelling as high as three metres.
However, the Indian Coast Guard hovercrafts managed to reach the spot on time and rescued the seven sailors of Suvarn Raj.
The crew hailed from Banda and Gajipur districts of Uttar Pradesh. They were provided first aid and then handed over to the fisheries department officials at Okha, the release added.