Cyclone Ockhi updates: NDRF deploys 7 teams in Gujarat as storm moves closer to Surat
3:50 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter MK Stalin writes to Nirmala Sitharaman demanding use of helicopters to carry out search and rescue operations Family members of around 1,000 fishermen from Kanyakumari district have demanded that aerial searches and rescue operations should be launched to trace the missing men. The missing fishermen ventured into the deep seas when Cyclone Ockhi struck the southern Tamil Nadu coast. DMK Working President MK Stalin wrote to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on behalf of the families, saying, “Their families are very much afraid that the lives of the stranded fishermen are in great danger.” Protesting on the roads, the families on Saturday said the fisherfolk had ventured into the sea in around 100 boats three days back and have not returned. Stalin told Sitharaman “immediate rescue measures must be undertaken by the Indian Coast Guard”.
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