Thiruvananthapuram: A region that records the number of maximum fishermen deaths due to sinking, Anchuthengu does not have a coastal police station capable of carrying out a successful rescue operation.
Inaugurated almost three years ago, lacking the coastal police station here a lot.
The lack of the right communication system, rescue ships capable of exploring strong waves and the lack of docking pages that are right close to the station some of them.
This lack of increasingly important because weather conditions that are not profitable along the coast of the country because of the threat of strong winds ranging from 40 to 45 km / h are expected to shrink coastal areas.
During the past six weeks, there were four sinking cases reported under the boundary of the Anchuthengu coastal police station.
Vizhinjam Grama Panchayat President V Laiju has submitted a memorandum before Minister Fisheries Minister Cherian urged the direct intervention of the state government to improve the condition of the police station here.
Incidentally, all sinking deaths recently occurred here after this memorandum was submitted before the minister in the first week of June.
The current station only has one boat, which was actually obtained by the police department in 2014, said a station officer with anonymity requirements.
The station does not have its own docking page even though it is located close to the lake here.
The boat is currently anchored at the Anchuthengu fisherman port, which is more than 50maway from the station.
This has placed a boat under the risk of being harmed by the antisocial element.
Laiju said that this station needed at least two ships to carry out effective search operations.
“The water ambulance is also an urgent requirement here,” President Panchayat said.
He added that forming voluntary troops with local young fishermen can help improve the efficiency of search operations because they are more aware of the sea than police officers.
Another problem facing the station is the lack of land telephone connections that function properly.
Phones at the station often stop working when there is heavy rain or strong winds.
“This is a problem for ordinary people when the station house officer is in the task of patrol and out of the network coverage, said an officer who adds that the telephone number of the house and the Sho number is two contacts that are often called by people to report accidents.
Two Last week, special branch personnel had continued a letter to the coast of IG recommending to issue a new cellphone connection for the station as an alternative to land.