Mainul Abedin Khan, Barguna District Correspondent:
A fishing trawler of Barguna called ‘FB parents’ sank while fishing in the deep sea. After 12 hours on Saturday (August 20) afternoon, the 17 fishermen were rescued from the Indian part of the Bay of Bengal. They were later admitted to a hospital in the country.
Earlier on Friday (August 19) in the deep sea storm, the ‘FB Ma-Baba's prayer’ owned by Md. Farooq Hossain of Nachnapara Union of Patharghata Upazila. On the other hand, 40 people including the fishermen of a fishing trawler called ‘Shubh Sakal’ were rescued in India.
Both trawlers are in adverse weather conditions that go beyond the waters of the country. The fishermen recovered by the ‘FB Ma-Baba’ trawler are the fishermen of Patharghata upazila, Majhi Md. Nasir Uddin, Assistant Majhi Md. Siraj, Hashem, Driver Md. Yusuf Ali, Sramik Md. Sabuj, Md. Rafiq, Md. Nizam, Md. Sohag, Raja Mia, Md. Sohag, Noor Zaman, A. Chalam, Md. Hasan, Md. Salim, Dulal, Emadul and Md. Russell, their homes in Patharghata, Barguna.
The owner of the trawler, Md Farooq Mia, said that he went to the sea for 15 days on August 17. On Friday (August 19) at noon, the trawler was struck by a storm in the deep sea and the trawler sank with 17 fishermen. About 12 hours later, a trawler was rescued by the floating trawler and handed over to the Indian Pathar Pratima police station, which was later admitted to a private hospital in the area.
Barguna District Fishermen Trawler Owners Association General Secretary Md. Masum said, after the sea was hit by a jhar, several trawlers sank and many fishermen went missing. Among them, the ‘FB Shah Mohchen Auliya-2’ trawler owned by Patharghatar Alam Molla was crossed by the sea on Friday (August 19) and went into the Indian waters. Later, when the weather became normal, they slowly entered the indigenous waters.
Later on Saturday at 9:30 pm BFDC returned to the BFDC ghat in Patharghata around 12:00 PM, but the trawler ‘FB Ma-Baba Doa’ trawler owned by Farooq Mia sank but after 12 hours, the rescue was reported.
Meanwhile, Barguna District Fishermen Trawler Owners Association President Golam Mostafa Chowdhury. He is currently staying in India, he said on the phone that he will reach the Pathar Pratima area of India by tomorrow morning and has already inquired about the fishermen who are under treatment. On the other hand, a rescuer's ship ‘Bismillah-2’ owned by Rabind Nath Ranjit, who owns India, said on the phone that 17 fishermen were rescued first after Saturday evening. 40 more fishermen were rescued under the leadership of Kabal Jena, the sailor of the same owner, the owner of the ship, Bablu Das, said on the phone that the 40 fishermen's houses are in Bhola district of Bangladesh, the trawler is called ‘Good morning’.
