<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Ten Indian fishermen who were rescued from Maldivian waters have been safely brought to Visakhapatnam by Indian Coast Guard on Saturday. Ministry of Defence in a statement said that out of them, eight belong to Vizhinjam in Kerala while two are from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. Preliminary medical examination of all these fishermen was carried out on-board the Coast Guard ship and all were found to be in healthy state.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry said that these fishermen had ventured into sea from Thengapatnam near Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu on 16th of April. However, their boat developed engine failure and they were adrift to Maldivian region without any help for five days. The Ministry added that the fishermen were rescued by MV Furious from Maldives search and rescue region in coordination with Indian Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordination Center on 26th April. Based on information received at this Centre, Indian Coast Guard Ship Vigraha was dispatched to embark these rescued fishermen from the merchant vessel transiting off Campbell Bay in Andaman and Nicobar islands.</span></p>