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Commodore MK Jha said visibility at sea was negligible -- at the most a kilometre. New Delhi: "We had to save lives while making sure we saved our own" -- that summed up the Indian Navy's challenge over the past many hours as it sailed right into the wild arms of a once-in-a-decade cyclonic storm to rescue hundreds stranded on barges, oil rigs, and other vessels along the western coast of India. By Monday evening Cyclone Tauktae had sunk one barge P-305 and run aground another, Gal Constructor, together accounting for 410 workers.   The barges had gone adrift earlier under the furious migh...

URL copied Image Source : PTI Battling extreme weather, the Indian Navy has so far rescued 177 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast Battling extreme weather, the Indian Navy has so far rescued 177 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast, an official said on Tuesday. Navy ships were deployed on Monday after receipt of a request for assistance for barge 'P305' adrift ...

As many as 13 people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pummelled parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the coast, uprooting electric poles, trees and damaging thousands of houses and roads, officials said on Tuesday. In what was one of the worst cyclones faced by the state, Tauktae triggered heavy rains in many parts along its way from the Saurashtra coast to North Gujarat with as many as 46 talukas receiving over 100 mm of downpour, while 12 of them recorded 150 mm to 175 mm of rains. Tauktae, characterised as an extremely severe cyclonic storm on Monday,...

Cyclone Tauktae | 60 rescued from Barge P305 off Bombay High area, ops to continue Updated: Updated: May 18, 2021 00:42 IST INS Kolkata has rescued two survivors from the life raft of vessel Vara Prabha and has now joined INS Kochi for the SAR of Barge P305 crew Share Article AAA Cyclone Tauktae strikes the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India, Monday, May 17, 2021.   | Photo Credit: AP INS Kolkata has rescued two survivors from the life raft of vessel Vara Prabha and has now joined INS Kochi for the SAR of Barge P305 crew A total of 60 persons from Barge P305 off the Mumbai coast have been ...