Umesh Marpalli
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (EP)
Udupi, Jan 24: The Indian Navy INS Kochi that on the lookout for the missing fishing boat ‘Suvarna Tribhuja’ in the sea has found the possible remains of ‘Suvarna Tribhuja’ that is likely to have drowned in Maharastra. But it is yet to be confirmed if those remains belong to the missing fishing boat.
The boat, with two fishermen from Malpe and five fishermen from Uttara Kannada is missing mysteriously from Sindhudurga district, Maharashtra sea shore since December 15. The navy after search by police, coastal protection force and navy has concluded that the boat had met with a mishap and drowned in the sea. The Indian Navy on INS Kochi is searching for the fishing boat under the sea using Sonar technology for the last two weeks.
The remains of a boat are found along with other small and big remains at a depth of about sixty to seventy meters under the sea. There are suspicions that those may be of Suvarna Tribhuja as the boat is 75 feet long.
INS Kochi could not capture the pictures as those were 60-70 meters deep. Therefore, the navy has put into service INS Sutlej hydro graphic survey boat with modern 3D mapping technology. It will release real pictures of the remains which will help to confirm if those are of the missing fishing boat.