ICG rescues 4 stranded fishermen

Madurai: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued four fishermen from a stranded fishing boat near

Musal

Island in the Gulf of Mannar in the late hours of Monday. The mechanised boat suffered an engine failure and was drifting away from land near

Musal Theevu

. The Coastal Security Guard (CSG), Chennai, informed

ICG

about the incident. ICG in Mandapam deployed a hovercraft to rescue the men and their boat.The hovercraft spotted the boat about 12 nautical miles south of

Pamban

and south of Musal Theevu. The fishermen were taken on board and were provided with first aid, food and water before they were brought to the land and handed over to CSG at Mandapam. Their boat was towed to the nearest fishing harbour for repair with help from another fishing boat that was nearby. tnn