On Monday, a case was registered towards the captain of the Barge P305, which was submerged within the Arabian Sea on Monday resulting from cyclone weights. The loss of life toll within the accident rose to 49 on Thursday. At least 26 others are lacking, together with the captain.
An engineer who narrowly escaped the accident lodged a criticism with the Yellowgate Police Station in Mumbai. The offense has been registered beneath sections 304 (2), 338 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The barge P305 was a vessel working for the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) off the coast of Mumbai. It was free of its anchorage shortly after midnight of 16 May resulting from robust winds and a scorching sea. Rescue work is occurring since May 17 to find the lacking personnel. At least 186 have been saved to this point.
On Thursday, ONGC and its contractor Alfcons Infrastructure, which was doing building work for the state-owned firm and chartered the P305, Blamed On the grasp or captain of the barge.
Apart from the P305, 11 crew members of the tugboat Varaprada are additionally lacking.
A large search operation is on to seek for the lacking personnel. Two Indian Navy ships, INS Kochi and INS Kolkata, three Coast Guard ships and 14 different ships owned by ONGC and chartered ships are finishing up rescue operations. Search and rescue operations are more likely to proceed for no less than two days.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas introduced a high-level investigation into the “flaws and deficiencies” within the system. It stated it will examine the sequence of occasions that led to the ONGC’s assist ships stranded by the cyclone and see if the warnings and SOPs had been adopted.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
