Eight fishermen dead after missing trawler capsizes in Bay of Bengal
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Eight fishermen dead after missing trawler capsizes in Bay of Bengal

The Hindu  

Kolkata Eight fishermen have been killed and one is missing after a boat capsized 60 kilometres off Bay of Bengal when a tornado hit it on Friday. The trawler set out to sea on September 18 with 17 fishermen on board from Kwakdip in the Sundarban areas of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Joy Krishna Haldar, general secretary of the United Fishermen Association of West Bengal, told The Hindu that he was deeply distressed at the loss of fellow fishermen. Rescue concerns A week ago, on September 16, three trawlers with 49 fishermen went missing in Bay of Bengal.

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