Fishing vessel Neelkanth, based at Okha, had been at sea for over a week with a crew of seven when, in the morning hours of 21 March 2023, the vessel experienced flooding in the engine room resulting from breaking of a sea water pipeline. The vessel raised a distress call when flooding became uncontrollable. INS Karuva patrolling in the area immediately rushed to rescue the vessel and brought the entire crew of seven onboard. Karuva then secured the fishing vessel alongside her and provided assistance to first de-flood the vessel and then repaired the defect in the ruptured pipeline.
