38 Missing, 186 Rescued Four Days After Cyclone Sank Barge Off Mumbai
Cyclone Tauktae: The Navy is leading a massive, round-the-clock rescue effort that includes several of its ships, P-81 reconnaissance aircraft and Sea King helicopters
Updated: May 20, 2021 12:28 pm IST
Cyclone Tauktae: Barge P-305 was one of three belonging to engineering company Afcons
Mumbai/New Delhi:
38 ONGC workers are still missing four days after a barge that was carrying 261 people sank 35 nautical miles off Mumbai as Cyclone Tauktae battered India's west coast.
So far 186 people have been rescued and 37 bodies recovered from the wreck of barge P-305, which was one of three - the others were Gal Constructor and Support Station-3 - deployed by engineering firm Afcons for its ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) contract.