Udupi: Three years after the tragedy of the Suvarna Dribhuja, the families of the victims were still waiting for official confirmation of their relatives’ status, which was on a fisherman’s boat fishermen lost on December 15, 2018.
They said they officially did not tell whether their relatives were on Upper vessels have died or lost.
Suvarna RPribhuja went on a fishing expedition with a seven crew, including the owner, on December 13, 2018, from the Malpe Fisheries Port, and reported loss of coast of Goa in a state that cannot be explained.
The missing fishermen including Chandrashekar Kotian, shipowners, Damodhar Salian, Laxman Harikanth, Ravi, Satish, Ramesh and Harish.
Indian Navy, in a tweet on May 2, 2019, has announced that INS Nireekshak has found a fishing vessel, 33 km west-south-ward off the coast of Malvan in Maharashtra, on May 1, 2019.
“The accident was found through Side Scan Operation Sonar And it was confirmed today by the Naval diver that conducted diving saturation at a depth of 60 meters, “Tweet added.
Ganesh Kotian, Brother of Chandrashekar Kotian, told Ti that the crew family was still waiting for official confirmation about the status of their relatives.
“Then Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has helped families, and we hope that the central government provides more details about the tragedy.
The fishing boat place is identified, and video recordings are also taken, but the details are not disclosed to us.
We have not received documents to believe that seven The crew has died or lost.
The adequate ex Gratia has not been paid, “said Ganesh.
The state government has provided Ex Gratia equal to Rs 10 lakh for each to the next relatives of seven fishermen on a bad luck fishing vessel, on November 2020.