Cyclone Ockhi: Over 270 Fishermen Go Missing From Trivandrum, Kerala

The Logical Indian Crew

December 1st, 2017

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The southern states of India are experiencing torrential rain due to the advance of the cyclone “Ockhi”. The Thiruvananthapuram and Tamil Nadu coast are under immediate threat as a deep depression in the Indian Ocean gets intensified.

Twelve fishermen from Cherthala had stepped out before hearing the alerts having only enough ration to sustain them for one night. The Arthungal Police has sent a search party for the three boats carrying them from Thiruvananthapuram coast. Over 270 fishermen have gone missing, apparently unable to return to the coast due to turbulence.

15 stranded men who were floating towards the Kollam coast have been rescued by a large boat. The missing include a marine engineering vessel, around 28 fishing vessels from Poonthura harbour and six boats from the Kollam coast.

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— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) November 30, 2017

Air Force choppers and Indian Navy boats have plunged into action for the rescue mission, talked in by Kerala Minister Kadakampilly Surendran. A press release by the Indian Navy on Thursday reported that “the Southern Naval Command has deployed Indian Naval Ships Shardul, Nireekshak, Kabra, and Kalpeni and two aircraft based in Kochi.”

38 fishermen rescued by local efforts. Tamil Nadu government coordinates with #MHA @ndmaindia #IndianNavy #IndianCoastGuards and locates 24 fishermen and are being rescued#CycloneOckhi pic.twitter.com/boAf9W5DUc

— TN SDMA (@tnsdma) December 1, 2017

The National Disaster Management Authority has tweeted safety measures for citizens and fishers.

#CycloneOckhi #Cyclone Do's and Don'ts. Plz RT and Share pic.twitter.com/y5N6dp9VKj

— NDMA India (@ndmaindia) November 30, 2017

The category II A tropical cyclone is named “Ockhi” (অক্ষি) by Bangladesh, which in Bengali means “the eye”.

Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala has called for an emergency meeting with the top order of officials about situation control and held situation. Officials have been told to stay on high alert and the Chief Minister himself told the media that they have asked the Navy and the Coast Guard for help in the case of missing fishermen.

On account of the havoc caused by torrential rains and winds in southern Kerala, have instructed the district collectors to be on alert and asked them to coordinate the working of all government agencies in rescue operations. pic.twitter.com/DYg7ngIZ48

— Pinarayi Vijayan (@vijayanpinarayi) November 30, 2017

Classes have been suspended in schools since Thursday’s heavy rain and strong winds and people are advised to stay inside. Kanyakumari has taken the worst hit until now, areas in Tamil Nadu have been affected. Trees and large hoardings fell, vehicles and assets are damaged and people are injured.

Cyclone #ockhi, 70-100 km/hr winds and heavy rains. #Kanyakumari pic.twitter.com/57ZtxnGwQx

— Sophilal (@sophilal) November 30, 2017

Deep Depression intensifying to Cyclone will be named as #Ockhi..Heavy Rains with cyclonic winds lashing parts of #Kanyakumari. Lot of Trees falls down..
Pc: Kkmlive pic.twitter.com/rpnJ7ey9vO

— R.Raj (@chnblog) November 30, 2017

Southern Kerala road traffic is disrupted, trains have been delayed or cancelled, flights in Tuticorin have been cancelled altogether. The cyclone is predicted to gain strength by today as 65-75 kmph gale wind will have more force up to 115 kmph. The cyclone is likely to head west-northwest towards Lakshadweep by tomorrow. Heavy rains, more than 20 cms for some places are in the forecast.

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A Night To Remember: Thousands March For Women Safety And Empowerment

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As the clock ticks and the day starts ending, the only thing on the mind of every woman is to rush home. From literally sprinting to informing of their location every minute to the family members, women do it all. All this for just one reason – it’s not safe to be outside after the sun sets. If by chance there is even a slight delay, the family also starts fretting.

Why is being outside after a certain time considered to be unsafe? Well, the answer can be found in the question itself. It is because, as it starts getting darker, lesser women step out and hence roads are perceived to be unsafe.

Volvo beautifully addressed this via a video, set at the background of a popular old Hindi song, showing three women and sending out a simple message that more the women on the streets, more safer it will become. This video struck a chord among a lot of people, especially women who could identify with it.

Volvo, in a bid to encourage women to step out and reclaim their city spaces, organised a night walk. Mumbai Night Walk which was organised by Volvo under the #MakeYourCitySafe initiative in association with CrossBow Miles invited all the women to participate in a great number.

The mood for the symbolic march, which was held on May 19, was set up right at the beginning of event with some soul-stirring music and talks by various artists who champion the cause of equal rights for women.

In the final leg of the movement, which was the midnight walk itself was joined by Srishti Bakshi, founder and campaign champion of CrossBow Miles, who also holds a unique feat of walking 3,800 km from Kanyakumari to Srinagar in 230 days for raising awareness for women empowerment through financial and digital literacy. She is of a strong opinion that small steps lead to bigger changes. Problems like misogyny and gender stereotyping cannot change overnight and only sustained efforts towards completely removing them can bring change.

Bakshi joined the enthusiastic crowd of women marchers who walked from High Street Phoenix to Mahalaxmi Racecourse. The event had performances by spoken word poet Simar Singh, singer Abhilasha Sinha, singer-songwriter Aarifah Rebello, rapper Sofia Ashraf and award-winning singer Rekha Bharadwaj. The event saw some really acclaimed personalities like Sushmita Sen and Dia Mirza in attendance too.

This is not the first time that such a night march is being organised by CrossBow Miles. Earlier too, public night walks were organised in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Gwalior and New Delhi which were attended by 200-15,000 people in each city.

The Logical Indian congratulates Volvo on the grand success of their initiative #MakeYourCitySafe. We also hope that women leave their apprehension behind and unitedly reclaim their city spaces.

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