CM Vijay offered condolences and announced ₹7 lakh for each family of the Kasimedu fishermen whose boat was lost off the Andhra coast during Cyclone Murasu, with ₹2 lakh paid at once and the bodies brought home at government cost.
CM Vijay offered condolences and announced ₹7 lakh for each family of the Kasimedu fishermen whose boat was lost off the Andhra coast during Cyclone Murasu, with ₹2 lakh paid at once and the bodies brought home at government cost.
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay expressed deep sorrow on 5 November 2026 over the loss of fishermen from Kasimedu, Chennai, whose boat went down off the Andhra Pradesh coast during Cyclone Murasu, and announced relief for every family.
Nine fishermen left the Kasimedu fishing harbour on a mechanised boat on 29 October. As the cyclone approached, the boat sheltered on the Andhra coast. It went missing in the first days of November after reportedly developing engine trouble at sea. Five bodies have been recovered, and the search for the other four is going on with fishing boats from Chennai and Andhra Pradesh and Indian Coast Guard ships.