PANJIM: Six people were rescued by lifeguards in two separate incidents involving fishing boats at Colva and Benaulim.
In the first rescue operation, four men, two from Ankola and two from Goa were out fishing, when the accident took place. The canoe capsized about 50 metres from the shore at Colva. In a state of panic, all four boat crew jumped into the water and the current began to drift them into the sea. All four were safely rescued.
In the second rescue operation, two men from Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand were on a fishing boat that was carrying 12 people, when the boat capsized off Benaulim Beach. These two fishermen had to be rescued while the remaining 10 fishermen swam safely to shore.
