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Search On for Thoothukudi Fisherman Who Fell Overboard in Rough Seas

Search On for Thoothukudi Fisherman Who Fell Overboard in Rough Seas

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A fisherman named Thambi Raj fell overboard from a mechanised fishing boat amid strong winds while returning to Tuticorin harbour, and is now missing. Search operations are underway along the Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) coast. The local fishing community says it informed the Fisheries Department about the incident, but officials have not yet deployed departmental rescue boats for the search.A fisherman named Thambi Raj fell overboard from a mechanised fishing boat amid strong winds while returning to Tuticorin harbour, and is now missing. Search operations are underway along the Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) coast. The local fishing community says it informed the Fisheries Department about the incident, but officials have not yet deployed departmental rescue boats for the search.

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    Thambi Raj reportedly fell overboard from a mechanised fishing boat amid strong winds while returning to Tuticorin harbour

    — The Federal

  • center · 1 outlet

    However, the local fishing community has alleged that despite informing the Fisheries Department about the incident, officials have not yet deployed departmental rescue boats for the search efforts

    — Deccan Chronicle

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However, the local fishing community has alleged that despite informing the Fisheries Department about the incident, officials have not yet deployed departmental rescue boats for the search efforts

Coverage arrived over 11 hours — first from The New Indian Express, latest from Mathrubhumi English.

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  1. The New Indian Express Center Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

    Seven of nine missing Tamil Nadu fishermen found dead off AP coast; search on for two others

    ONGOLE: Seven of the nine fishermen who went missing after a Tamil Nadu fishing boat capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Kothapatnam in Prakasam district were recovered. The family members who came to Ongole identified the bodies and, after completing all formal procedures, left for Tamil Nadu with…

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  4. Deccan Chronicle Center Deccan Chronicle Holdings Current article

    Search On for Thoothukudi Fisherman Who Fell Overboard in Rough Seas

    However, the local fishing community has alleged that despite informing the Fisheries Department about the incident, officials have not yet deployed departmental rescue boats for the search efforts

  5. 8 hours later

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