<p> Panaji: Thirteen people have been saved from drowning in the sea off various beaches across Goa over the extended New Year weekend, a state-appointed lifesaving agency said on Wednesday.</p>.<p> Six missing children were also traced during this period and reunited with their families, said a spokesperson of the agency.</p>.Pastor arrested in Goa for religious conversions.<p>Five separate double rescues were carried out involving two young boys, a middle-aged couple, two men from Gujarat, two youngsters from Karnataka and two men from Uttar Pradesh off different beaches, he said.</p>.<p>The other rescues were of a 22-year-old tourist from Rajasthan, a 34-year-old resident of Karnataka, and a 27-year-old man from Punjab. Of these, two were intoxicated, he said.</p>.<p>The agency, Drishti Marine, also responded to six “first-aid emergencies” across Goa’s coastal belt, the spokesperson added. </p>
<p> Panaji: Thirteen people have been saved from drowning in the sea off various beaches across Goa over the extended New Year weekend, a state-appointed lifesaving agency said on Wednesday.</p>.<p> Six missing children were also traced during this period and reunited with their families, said a spokesperson of the agency.</p>.Pastor arrested in Goa for religious conversions.<p>Five separate double rescues were carried out involving two young boys, a middle-aged couple, two men from Gujarat, two youngsters from Karnataka and two men from Uttar Pradesh off different beaches, he said.</p>.<p>The other rescues were of a 22-year-old tourist from Rajasthan, a 34-year-old resident of Karnataka, and a 27-year-old man from Punjab. Of these, two were intoxicated, he said.</p>.<p>The agency, Drishti Marine, also responded to six “first-aid emergencies” across Goa’s coastal belt, the spokesperson added. </p>