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Rajitha meets missing fishermen’s families:
Nothing to fear, says Minister
Chamikara Weerasinghe
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratna
informed families of fishermen who disappeared on board the fishing
vessel Sankara Putha 02 that the missing were found and they are safe in
Indonesia.
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Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Rajitha Senaratna
meeting family members of the missing fishermen. |
Senaratna met the family members in Balapitiya at the Fisheries
Conference held in Galle.
The multiday fishing vessel Sankara Putha 02 left for fishing from
the Southern seas with five fishermen on board.
They were reported missing from November 2 last year.
They were rescued by the Indonesian Navy following a co-ordinated
effort by the Sri Lankan Government.
Minister Senaratna thanked the Indonesian Government for helping the
Sri Lankan Government to rescue the fishermen. The Indonesian Government
launched an air-sea rescue operation to locate the fishermen in response
to the Sri Lankan Government informing them of the situation. |
