Coast Guard sends three vessels to Malpe, two aicraft on standby

Panaji, May 29 (UNI) Two aircraft are kept in readiness in Goa even as two extra fast patrol vessels from New Mangalore Port and one from Kochi rushed to Malpe port in the West coast where about 350 fishing vessels were stranded following bad weather today.

Deputy Inspector General R M Sharma commanding the Goa Coast Guard told UNI he had also alerted the state administration to direct the fishermen not to venture into the sea for at least four days due to the prevailing rough weather.

The Mangalore and Kochi Coast Guard had already moved the off shore patrol vessels, with the Karnataka government alerting them.

Poor visibility and rough sea conditions had prevented the aircraft from moving out from Goa.

The fishing vessels had been stranded about 15 miles away from the Malpe port, he added.

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