OCKHI: The Navy is putting in "maximum effort" to rescue fishermen from the sea which is very rough under the influence of Cyclone Ockhi , a top Navy official said on Friday.Rescue operations are on. Some fishermen have already been rescued by the Navy which immediately dispatched aircraft and ships besides helicopters to carry out rescue operations in the sea which is very rough, said Vice-Admiral A R Karve, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command. "Maximum efforts have been put in," he said at a press meet held on board the INS Tir on the occasion of Navy Day at the Naval Base here. We will continue to meet the requirement of safety and security of our fishermen. Cyclone Ockhi intensified into severe cyclone and lies at about 110 km northeast of Minicoy (island) and it is likely to cross the Lakshadweep arch during the next 24 hours," the India Meteorological Department said in a bulletin this morning.

Source: Times of India December 01, 2017 11:26 UTC