: Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 9:00 PM IST
As Cyclone Tauktae leaves at least 22 dead on barge P305, Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik says Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas answerable (PTI Photo)
At least 22 personnel on board accommodation barge P305 that went adrift in Cyclone Tauktae fury before sinking in the Arabia Sea off Mumbai coast are dead and 65 still missing, a Navy official said on Wednesday.
The Navy said its personnel, battling extreme weather, have so far rescued 186 of the 273 people who were onboard barge P305 and also two from tugboat Varaprada. Search and rescue operations are still on and we haven t lost hopes of bringing them ashore, an official said. However, the chance of finding survivors is getting bleaker as the hours pass by, he added.
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