Kasaragod: Boat capsizes in Sea, Fishermen Rescued
Kasaragod: In an incident that occurred on Wednesday night, a fishing boat reportedly capsized at Bekal after being caught in heavy tides, causing the five fishermen on-board to be stranded at sea. The personnel from the Coast Guard and Department of Fisheries, were immediately dispatched for search and rescue, and the fishermen were successfully rescued.
The incident took place 10 nautical miles away from the Kasaragod shores, where the boat inadvertently got caught amid rough tides and capsized at sea, while the fishermen were stuck at one end of the vessel.
The Coast Guard acted immediately upon receiving the distress call and rescued all fishermen and brought them to the shore. Two days ago this particular boat named ‘Maria’ had left from Neeleshwar Ayittala and got caught in the sea. The people on-board wear reportedly all residents of Thiruvananthapuram.
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Sculptor Ram Sutar, designer of Statue of Unity, passes away
New Delhi (PTI): Noted sculptor Ram Sutar, known for designing the world's tallest statue — Statue of Unity — in Gujarat, passed away late on Wednesday night at his Noida residence, his son said.
He was 100 and ailing with age-related illnesses.
"It is with profound grief that we inform you of the passing of my father Shri Ram Vanji Sutar on 17th December midnight at our residence," his son Anil Sutar said in a note shared with the press on Thursday.
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Born in a humble family in Gondur village under the Dhule district of present-day Maharashtra on February 19, 1925, Sutar is known to have been drawn to sculpting from his childhood.
A gold medallist from JJ School of Art and Architecture, Mumbai, Sutar, has to his credit a long list of achievements.
The iconic statues of Mahatma Gandhi seated in a meditating pose and of Chhatrapati Shivaji riding a horse on the Parliament premises rank among his finest creations.
The Statue of Unity honours Sardar Patel, country's first deputy prime minister and home minister.
Sutar was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.
Recently, Sutar was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan Puraskar, the state's highest award.
