Read more about Navy says 89 missing from barge, all on other vessels safe after cyclone on Business Standard. The Navy have so far rescued 184 of the 273 people onboard barge P305, adding all personnel on board two other barges and an oil rig are safe after Cyclone Tauktae fury rendered these vessels adrift
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Published May 19, 2021, 8:32 am IST
Updated May 19, 2021, 9:06 am IST
Seven killed in Gujarat as Cyclone Tauktae batters parts of state
Despite early warnings of Cyclone Tauktae. The cyclone sank a barge that had living quarters for employees working offshore, while two other construction barges lost anchors and drifted away. PTI
Mumbai: The Search and Rescue (SAR) operations to locate and bring to safety the 390 missing persons off Mumbai coast in the Arabian Sea was on till late night on Tuesday. Till Tuesday evening the Indian Navy and Coast Guard had rescued 317 people on board two barges that went adrift. At least seven people were killed in Gujarat as Cyclone Tauktae battered parts of the state.
The Indian Navy has mounted a massive air and sea rescue mission for 390 oil workers and crew declared missing or stranded as three barges and an oil drillship started to drift in the Arabian Sea after Cyclone Tauktae barrelled through the west coast on Monday night.
The three barges had been hired by the State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for a project in the western offshore field while the drillship, the Sagar Bhushan, had been deployed for exploration.
The gravest concern was over the fate of Barge Papaa 305, which sank 35 nautical miles from Mumbai. It had 273 people on board with reports saying that 79 were missing in the churning sea.
Cyclone Tauktae: 22 bodies recovered from sunk barge, 55 still missing, says Navy
This barge as well as two other barges that were hit by the cyclone were deployed by Afcons for a contract it had got from state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
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Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on Monday night on the Gujarat coast, which is dotted with oil and gas installations. By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: As many as 22 out of the 75 people missing from the barge that sank in the Arabian Sea after getting caught in a severe cyclonic storm are confirmed dead, , confirmed the Indian Navy.