Cyclone Tauktae: Two Barges With 410 On Board Adrift Near Mumbai Cyclone Tauktae: Two Barges With 410 On Board Adrift Near Mumbai Cyclone Tauktae news: A red alert has been sounded in the Raigad district and an orange alert has been declared in Mumbai.
Cyclone Tauktae is 145 km west of Mumbai and moving at 15 km per hour.
Mumbai:
Two barges with 410 people on board have gone adrift off the Mumbai coast as the cyclonic storm Tauktae over the Arabian Sea intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm and is expected to reach Gujarat coast this evening, officials said. On receipt of a request for assistance for Barge P305 adrift off Heera Oil Fields in Bombay High area with 273 personnel onboard, warship INS Kochi was sailed with a despatch for Search and Rescue (SAR) assistance, a Navy spokesperson said.
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Sparking huge concerns, at least 273 persons have been stranded on a drifting barge near the Heera Oil Fields at Bombay High Field.
Indian Navy has despatched two ships INS Kochi and INS Talwar to render assistance.
Mumbai: Sparking huge concerns, at least 273 persons have been stranded on a drifting barge near the Heera Oil Fields at Bombay High Field, around 175 kms from Mumbai, an official said here on Monday (May 17, 2021).
Following an SOS from the Barge P305 which is adrift near the oilfields with the crew and passengers on board, the Indian Navy has despatched two ships INS Kochi and INS Talwar to render assistance.
Indian Navy sends ships to rescue 273 people stranded near Bombay High
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Indian Navy sends ships to rescue 273 people stranded near Bombay High.. Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, May 17 : Sparking huge concerns, at least 273 persons have been stranded on a drifting barge near the Heera Oilfields at Bombay High Field, around 175 kms from Mumbai, an official said here on Monday.
Following an SOS from the Barge P305 which is adrift near the oilfields with the crew and passengers on board, the Indian Navy has despatched two ships INS Kochi and INS Talwar to render assistance.
The ships are expected to reach the venue by late afternoon, and other ships and aircraft also being prepared to go there for a search and rescue operation in the region clobbered by the passing Cyclone Tauktae.