8 fishermen including 5 trawlers missing in Meghna
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8 fishermen including 5 trawlers missing in Meghna
Ten fishing trawlers drowned in the Meghna River in Dwip Upazila Hatiya of Noakhali due to adverse weather conditions. At that time, 18 fishermen were rescued alive, but the police said that 8 fishermen including 5 trawlers are still missing.
The sinking of the trawler took place in some areas of the Meghna River between Friday (September 13) afternoon and evening.
The owners of the sunken trawlers are Babar Majhi, Jan Mia, Delwar Majhi, Helal Uddin, Shahid Majhi, Mehraj Majhi and Yunus Majhi.
According to the locals, several fishing trawlers have gone to the deep sea from different ghats of the upazila for fishing in the last few days. As the sea was rough, the fishing trawlers started returning to the wharf from the afternoon. While returning to the ghat, the trawlers were hit by stormy winds in hostile weather and 10 fishing trawlers sank at different times in Meghna river estuary. Later, other fishing trawlers nearby rescued some fishermen. But the fishing nets of the fishermen sink into the river along with the trawlers.
Besides, there are few other trawlers in Meghna river. There is no news about them yet. A person named Delwar Majhi is under treatment in the hospital with serious injuries in the accident.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Hatyia Police Station Jisan Ahmed said that some fishermen were immediately rescued alive, but 8 sailors including 5 trawlers are still missing. He also commented that the number of missing persons may increase. The missing fishermen will be known by tomorrow morning.
