What a catch: Palghar fishermen's fortune change after selling 157 ghol fish for Rs 1.33 crores

Fortunes changed for Chandrakant Tare, a fisherman from Palghar, and his fellow fishermen after they got a catch of 157 ghol fish, known as 'sea gold'. The whole consignment was sold for Rs 1.33 crore.

After months-long ban on fishing due to the monsoon in Maharashtra, little did some fishermen from Palghar knew that the first day of fishing would fetch them Rs 1.33 crore worth of catch. Chandrakant Tare, a fisherman from Palghar, set off sailing for fishing along with eight of his colleagues on the late evening of August 28. They were in the boat Harba Devi and went to Wadhwan, which is 20 to 25 nautical miles.