Cyclone Tauktae: The ships deployed to extend assistance to the two barges include INS Kolkata, INS Kochi and INS Talwar.
Cyclone Tauktae : Mumbai: The Indian Army has rescued 146 people aboard an boat sinking in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai just hours before a massive storm with winds of up to 185 km per hour falling off the coast of Gujarat, an official said on Tuesday. .
The Navy used its three warships after receiving messages to rescue 410 people aboard two boats off the coast of Mumbai on Monday.
The ships sent to help the two boats were INS Kolkata, INS Kochi and INS Talwar.
“A total of 132 people from Barge P305 have been rescued from the worst of the sea,” a spokesman for the Armed Forces said on Tuesday morning.
Search and Rescue (SAR) work continued overnight for the remaining staff, he said.
“In a separate effort, INS Kolkata rescued two survivors from the life raft of the ship Vara Prabha, and joined the INS Kochi’s SAR P305 SAR crew,” he said.
Gal Constructor, another vehicle with 137 occupants stranded at Colaba Point, eight nautical miles off the coast of Mumbai due to an engine problem, he said.
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“The boat was hit by an Emergency Towing Vessel ” Water Lily ” which arrived at its destination to provide assistance. The boat continues to roam in N’ly due to bad sea conditions,” he said. The ongoing rescue operation will be complemented by airstrikes and helicopters, the weather will allow on Tuesday and SAR efforts will continue throughout the day, the spokesman said.
“When we received a request for help with the” P305 “barge from the Heera oil fields in the Bombay highlands with 273 crew members on board, INS Kochi quickly boarded a ship for help,” said a Navy official.
The oil fields are located about 40 miles [70 km] southwest of Mumbai.
A Navy spokesman said rescue operations at Barge 305 were carried out under extreme weather conditions.
