Fishing boat drowns: Fishermen rescued

April 24: A deep sea fishing boat ‘Sri Saisiddi’ owned by Roshini S Kunder from Malpe which had set sail from Malpe port, drowned near Goa – Malvan on Tuesday April 22 afternoon.
Fishermen aboard this fishing boat, identified as Nagaraj, Honnappa Ganapathi, Manju, Rama, Sadashiva and Pandu, all from Uttara Kannada district, have been rescued.
The boat had ventured into fishing from Malpe on the night of April 16 and capsized about 40 nautical miles off Goa Malvan coast. Fishermen from two other boats namely Shubhashaya and Vayuputra rushed to the rescue of the fishermen of this boat. The loss has been estimated at Rs 80 lakhs.