<p>Mumbai: Three fishermen went missing after a boat carrying them and five of their colleagues capsized in the Arabian Sea in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Saturday morning, triggering a multi-agency search operation, police said.</p>.<p>The incident occurred around 8:30 am off Khanderi when the boat from Karanja in Uran had gone for fishing in the sea near Alibaug, an official said.</p>.Maharashtra’s ‘half ticket’ scheme on intercity bus travel yields modest improvements in women’s mobility.<p>Due to heavy rains and rough weather, the boat toppled and started sinking, prompting the fishermen to jump into the water and start swimming to save themselves, he said.</p>.<p>Of the eight fishermen on board the boat, five swam to the Alibaug coast, but three remained missing, he said.</p>.<p>After being alerted, the police and Coast Guard launched a search operation with the help of the local disaster management team. Drones were also deployed to trace the missing fishermen, the official said.</p>.<p>The five fishermen, who reached the shore, were rushed to the hospital. Their condition is stable, though one of them sustained injuries to his eyes, the official said.</p>.<p>The search for the three missing fishermen was going on till late in the evening, he added.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Three fishermen went missing after a boat carrying them and five of their colleagues capsized in the Arabian Sea in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Saturday morning, triggering a multi-agency search operation, police said.</p>.<p>The incident occurred around 8:30 am off Khanderi when the boat from Karanja in Uran had gone for fishing in the sea near Alibaug, an official said.</p>.Maharashtra’s ‘half ticket’ scheme on intercity bus travel yields modest improvements in women’s mobility.<p>Due to heavy rains and rough weather, the boat toppled and started sinking, prompting the fishermen to jump into the water and start swimming to save themselves, he said.</p>.<p>Of the eight fishermen on board the boat, five swam to the Alibaug coast, but three remained missing, he said.</p>.<p>After being alerted, the police and Coast Guard launched a search operation with the help of the local disaster management team. Drones were also deployed to trace the missing fishermen, the official said.</p>.<p>The five fishermen, who reached the shore, were rushed to the hospital. Their condition is stable, though one of them sustained injuries to his eyes, the official said.</p>.<p>The search for the three missing fishermen was going on till late in the evening, he added.</p>