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Eleven more bodies were recovered from the sunken Barge P305 off Mumbai coast, taking the death toll to 60.
Fifteen persons are still missing five days after the incident.
“From Barge P305, there are 186 survivors and 60 bodies have been recovered. Navy is coordinating search and rescue operations with ships and aircraft for the missing,” the Navy said on Friday. An underwater search is planned by the Navy’s Survey ship for locating wrecks of Barge P305 and Tug Varaprada using specialised teams and equipment, the Navy added.
Accommodation Barge P305 with 261 persons on board sank 35 nautical miles off Mumbai on May 17 in cyclone Tauktae. Three construction barges of Afcons Infrastructure working on a project of Oil and Natural gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and one drilling rig of the ONGC deployed for exploration in Bombay High off the coast of Mumbai were hit by the cyclone.
Cyclone Tauktae: 188 rescued, 60 bodies recovered from Barge P305 ANI | Updated: May 21, 2021 22:55 IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): At least 188, including two from the anchor boat Varaprada have been rescued so far from the barge P305, which sank after Cyclone Tauktae hit the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai on May 17, the Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO) said on Friday.
As many as 60 bodies have been recovered from the barge.
The search and rescue operations for the remaining crew is still underway, the Defence PRO said.
It also stated that underwater search by Indian Navy Survey ship has been planned for locating wrecks of Barge P305 and Tug Varaprada using specialised teams and equipment.
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.