Thrissur (Kerala), Jun 28 (PTI) As many as 40 fishermen who got stranded in the sea following engine failure of their boat, were rescued and brought safely to the shores in Thrissur district of Kerala on Saturday, authorities said. The fishermen who went fishing in an inboard boat from Chettuva harbour here met with a tough situation. However, the swift intervention of the rescue team of the Fisheries Marine Enforcement ensured their safe return, an official statement said here. Also Read | Bengaluru Power Cut: BESCOM Announces Scheduled Outages Across Over 100 Areas on June 29 and 30 Due to Emergency Maintenance; Check Full List of Affected Localities and Timings. All the stranded fishermen were hailing from Kazhimbram and Valappad areas in the district and the boat was owned by a local man, it said. A message was received at the Azhikode Fisheries Station on Friday afternoon that a fishing boat and its workers were stranded in the sea following engine failure. Also Read | Kolkata Rape Case: BJP Forms Fact-Finding Team To Probe Gang-Rape Case of Law Student, West Bengal Education Minister Seeks Report From Authorities. Based on the direction of Fisheries Assistant Director Dr C Seema, the rescue team launched their mission and rescued the stranded fishermen, the statement added. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)