âWe were told to stop working on May 15 and come back to the barge,â Naresh said. âBut we were not given any instructions or told that weâll be going back to the shore. They just moved our barge 200 metres away from the oil platform.â
So, P305 remained in open water. On the morning of May 17, when Cyclone Tauktae ushered in winds of 150-200 kmph and waves 10 metres high, six of the bargeâs anchors snapped. The barge then rammed into an oil platform which punctured a hole in the vessel, causing water to gush in.
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Reuters Rescue operation off the coast of Mumbai - Credit: PIB in Maharashtra
Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India s west coast late on Wednesday after the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades battered the region, sinking an oilfield accommodation barge and killing 26 aboard, authorities said.
Cyclone Tauktae unleashed waves of up to 25 feet (7.6 meters) offshore before it hit the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat over the past two days, leaving a trail of destruction that killed 62 others, authorities said.
Naval ships and aircraft have been deployed to search for the 49 still missing from the barge tragedy.
Thursday, 20 May 2021 08:36 AM MYT
A man who was stranded at sea aboard Barge P305 due to Cyclone Tauktae looks out of a bus window after he was rescued by the Indian Navy, in Mumbai, India May 19, 2021. Reuters pic
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AHMEDABAD, May 20 Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India’s west coast late on Wednesday after the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades battered the region, sinking an oilfield accommodation barge and killing 26 aboard, authorities said.
Cyclone Tauktae unleashed waves of up to 25 feet (7.6 metres) offshore before it hit the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat over the past two days, leaving a trail of destruction that killed 62 others, authorities said.
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Published: 20 May 2021 10:07 AM BdST
Updated: 20 May 2021 10:07 AM BdST People are seen in a damaged house following Cyclone Tauktae in Vadhera village in the western state of Gujarat, India, May 19, 2021. REUTERS
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Cyclone Tauktae unleashed waves of up to 25 feet (7.6 metres) offshore before it hit the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat over the past two days, leaving a trail of destruction that killed 62 others, authorities said.
Rescue operation off the coast of Mumbai - Credit: PIB in Maharashtra
Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India s west coast late on Wednesday after the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades battered the region, sinking an oilfield accommodation barge and killing 26 aboard, authorities said.
Cyclone Tauktae unleashed waves of up to 25 feet (7.6 meters) offshore before it hit the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat over the past two days, leaving a trail of destruction that killed 62 others, authorities said.
Naval ships and aircraft have been deployed to search for the 49 still missing from the barge tragedy.