The town of Veraval, not far from the holy city of Somnath, is where many boats are born. Gujarat’s folklore brims with stories of poor young men turning up on the coast, looking at the boats, wistfully yearning to get on one and travel far and wide: to Melaka and Java in the east; to Aden to the immediate west; …
The Indian Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued eight fishermen onboard a fishing boat which drifted into the sea off the coast of Veraval harbour in Gujarat due to cyclone Tauktae, officials said. Besides, two Coast Guard Chetak helicopters, operating from the CG air base at the Union Territory of Daman, rescued eight crew members of stranded ship 'Gal Constructor' from …
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