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.