Nine more bodies of the fishermen who went missing after the
capsizing of hundreds of fishing boats in the Bay of Bengal during
Tuesday night's storms, were recovered in the coastal areas?of
Dhaka in Bangladeshy?Friday, raising the death toll to 65,
private news agency UNB reported.
The bodies were recovered from various canals and rivers along
the Bay.
Commanding Officer of Navy ship 'BNS Shaheed Farid' Lt.
Commander Firoz Kabir, who went missing since Tuesday night's
storms, could not be traced till Friday morning.
Official and local sources said at least 25 boats, about 630
trawlers and the navy ship were overturned in the Bay of Bengal by
violent storms.
Around 3,500 fishermen and the naval commander went missing
during the sea storms in that fateful evening.
Navy, Coast Guards and forest department officials have been
searching hard for the missing since Wednesday but the rescue
operation is being hampered due to inclement weather and strong
waves in the sea.
Coast Guard Commander of West Zone Badrudozza Chowdhury said
they have been continuing rescue operations amid the rough
weather.
(Xinhua News Agency September 23, 2006)
