Pawan Chand Katoch: No info of man missing after Tauktae cyclone

New Delhi, May 22

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Devastation in wake of the Tauktae cyclone continues to show up its ugly face. The family of Pawan Chand Katoch, a resident of Kangra, has been awaiting to hear about him for the past seven days.

Katoch is a diver on board the ‘Alliance’, a tug-boat of a Gujarat-based company working near new Mangalore port. “He has been missing in the Arabian Sea since May 15. We have no information about him,” his cousin Divya Katoch said.

The family has been calling up the company. They have been told that the tug-boat capsized near the new Mangalore port trust. Three of the crew members have been rescued. Katoch is among those missing.

“The company has been irresponsible. It hasn’t contacted us even once. It had every information about the cyclone, but it did not ask the boat to come ashore”, Divya added. — TNS