Daijiworld Media Network - Kaup (SP)
Kaup, Jun 1: Taking exception to the fact that shifting of the Alliance tug is getting delayed, Kadipatna Mogaveera Sabha has urged the officials to do the needful without further delay. Members of the Sabha conducted an emergency meeting at Padubidri on Monday May 31 and warned that if the tug is not shifted early, they will be compelled to carry out agitation to achieve their objective.
The fishermen leaders expressed the suspicion that if the tug is not taken to Mangaluru, it may get stranded here and a decision to break it up here may be taken. They said they are determined not to allow the tug breaking up activity to take place here.
In the meantime, Bilal Moideen, who has been entrusted with the task of towing the tug away, said that the tug remains stranded at Padubidri as the New Mangalore Port Trust has not yet given it the clearance.
The tug belonging to the Underwater Services organization, met with an accident and overturned on May 15. It was found deposited on the shore near Padubidri the next day. Engineer of the concern, Sankar Kumar Mondel, has filed a complaint about the accident at Panambur police station.
Three of the staff of the company have died while three others could swim to safety. Two others, Pawan Chand Katoch and Mainuddin Sheikh, have been treated as missing as they or their mortal remains have not been traced so far.