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Battling extreme weather, the Indian Navy has so far rescued 177 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast
Battling extreme weather, the Indian Navy has so far rescued 177 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast, an official said on Tuesday.
Navy ships were deployed on Monday after receipt of a request for assistance for barge P305 adrift off Heera oil fields in Bombay high area with 273 personnel on board. The oil fields are around 70 km southwest of Mumbai.
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New Delhi, May 17
More than 200 people are feared missing at sea as a barge – used for engineering and cargo purposes is fast sinking near the ‘Bombay High’ oil-rig in the Arabian Sea late on Monday night. The barge was ravaged during the cyclone.
The Naval warship INS Kochi and offshore support vessel Energy Star have collectively rescued 60 persons from the barge till 11 pm on Monday. In all, there were 273 persons onboard the barge. Due to the cyclone, the sea state is ‘extremely challenging’ search and rescue (SAR) operations will continue through the night for the remaining members of the crew on the barge.
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