The Latin Catholic Church has decided to intensify its agitation until all fishermen left stranded in the outer sea by cyclone Ockhi are rescued.
A meeting of the pastoral council under the Thiruvanantha-puram archdiocese of the Church, convened by Archbishop Soosa Pakiam M., decided to launch day-and-night agitations at various places including Thiru-vananthapuram, Kochi and Tuti-corin on December 11.
A demonstration will also be taken out to the Raj Bhavan in protest against the delay in rescuing those missing.
Secretariat siege: Vicar-General Eugene H. Pereira told media persons that the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard were hesitant about expanding their search in the outer sea. The Church demanded that the Centre deploy defence aircraft in the rescue effort. The agitation will continue until the last person is rescued.
