Thoothukudi: Seven chank divers who got stranded in mid-sea were rescued by Coastal Security Group (CSG) personnel on Thursday.
The divers from Threspuram in Thoothukudi got stranded in mid-sea after the engine of their boat developed a snag.
On receiving an alert from the stranded divers through CSG headquarters in Chennai at 8 a.m., the rescue personnel went in search of them and located the boat at five nautical miles south-east of Threspuram coast at 11.30 a.m., Inspector of Police (CSG) C. Muhesh Jeyakumar told The Hindu .
The rescued divers are identified as C. Jeyakumar (42), M. Kannimuthu (49), M. Murugan (36), M. Muniyasamy (27), S. Mani (26), M. Mugamuthu Batcha (61) and A. Karuppasamy (27).
