All three senior officials are executive directors in charge of drilling, safety and executive exploration, respectively. They have been suspended to conduct a fair and free investigation issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Naval personnel on board of the ship INS Kochi help a man rescued from the offshore Barge P305 in the Arabian sea. (AFP photo)
MUMBAI: ONGC has so far distributed immediate relief amounts to 56 victims families of Barge Papaa-305 and Tugboat Varaprada in Mumbai. The oil major is paying a sum of Rs 1 lakh to survivors and Rs 2 lakh to kin of deceased or missing persons.
Another 22 families will shortly receive this compensation. The sums are being personally handed over to survivors at their hometowns in Maharashtra at Nashik, Alibag, Bhusawal, Jalgaon and Ratnagiri.
Relief is also being given to crew belonging to Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, Punjab, Odisha, Haryana, West Bengal, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Sunken tugboat s wreckage found near Bombay High Fields
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Sunken tugboat s wreckage found near Bombay High Fields. Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, May 24 : The Indian Navy Ship INS Makar has located the wreckage of the Tugboat Varaprada in the Arabian Sea where it had capsized last week during the cyclone Tauktae fury, an official said here on Monday.
Divers are now underwater to find out if any more missing persons are trapped in the tugboat during the devastating natural calamity last week.
The development came two days after the wreckage of the Barge Papaa-305 was also found in the vicinity of the Bombay High Fields, around 175 off Mumbai in high seas, where it sank on May 17.
Read more about All missing on board barge P305, tugboat accounted for, says Navy on Business Standard. With 16 bodies washing ashore, the death toll in the tragedy at sea could rise to 86, an official said