New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the Inmarsat satellite phone services has been restored for over 30 fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were stranded at sea.

The British satellite telecommunications company restored satellite phone services after interventions from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Sitharaman informed in a post on social media platform X.

The fishermen belonging to Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district were left stranded at sea amid turbulent weather, she said, stating that the issue was flagged by the Fishermen Cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The men were left stranded after the Inmarsat satellite phone connection, used by fishermen in the deep sea, malfunctioned.

“Heartening to

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