21 May 2021 0:41 GMT Updated 21 May 2021 0:41 GMT in London
As more bodies were recovered Thursday following the tragic incident at Oil & Natural Gas Corporation’s Mumbai High fields offshore India and the official investigation gets under way, the perhaps inevitable blame game has escalated.
Local contractor Afcons blamed the extreme weather and the master of chartered barge Papaa 305 for the tragic loss of 37 lives.
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The P 305, which was acting as an accommodation unit and had 261 workers on board when Cyclone Tauktae hit, should have been moved out of harm’s way, The Hindu quoted Afcons as saying.
Cyclone Tauktae: Those Responsible For Barge Tragedy Must Face Action, Says NCP Cyclone Tauktae: At least 26 personnel on board accommodation barge P305, that sank in the Arabian Sea, are dead, while 49 others are still missing.
Updated: May 20, 2021 9:05 am IST
Nawab Malik said due to the ONGCs failure, lives of innocent workers were put in danger. (File photo)
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The NCP on Wednesday demanded action against those who did not act swiftly to evacuate personnel from a barge that went adrift in cyclone Tauktae fury before sinking in the Arabian sea off Mumbai s coast, leading to the death of at least 26 men.
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Cyclone Tauktae deaths | ONGC must be punished, says Maharashtra Minister
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ONGC failed to take precautions and did not follow protocols, says Nawab Malik.
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A man rescued by the Indian Navy from a barge that sank in the Arabian sea and brought by INS Kochi looks on as he sits inside a vehicle in Mumbai on May 19, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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ONGC failed to take precautions and did not follow protocols, says Nawab Malik. Nawab Malik, Maharashtra Minister, on Wednesday criticised the ONGC for not paying heed to the warnings on Cyclone Tauktae. It should have evacuated all the workers from the barges, he said.
: Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 9:00 PM IST
As Cyclone Tauktae leaves at least 22 dead on barge P305, Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik says Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas answerable (PTI Photo)
At least 22 personnel on board accommodation barge P305 that went adrift in Cyclone Tauktae fury before sinking in the Arabia Sea off Mumbai coast are dead and 65 still missing, a Navy official said on Wednesday.
The Navy said its personnel, battling extreme weather, have so far rescued 186 of the 273 people who were onboard barge P305 and also two from tugboat Varaprada. Search and rescue operations are still on and we haven t lost hopes of bringing them ashore, an official said. However, the chance of finding survivors is getting bleaker as the hours pass by, he added.