The Shiv Sena on Saturday held Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) responsible for the death of several personnel of the barge that sank off the Mumbai coast when cyclone Tauktae brushed past the city earlier this week, and sought to know if Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan would resign owning the moral responsibility of the tragedy. In an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana , the party said the deaths were not caused due to a natural disaster, but it was a case of culpable homicide as ONGC did not take the cyclone warnings seriously. Barge P-305, which housed personnel engaged in maintenance work of an offshore oil drilling platform of state-run oil and gas major ONGC, sank on Monday evening during the cyclone. The official death toll in the tragedy has reached 60.
ONGC barge tragedy: Safety of P305 laid with Durmast, says Afcons
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Last Updated: May 20, 2021, 08:34 PM IST
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By Thursday afternoon, 49 of the total 261 crew members of the ill-fated barge P305 were still missing while 26 were confirmed dead. The government has set up an inquiry into the incident while companies have begun to tell their side of the story.
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By Thursday afternoon, 49 of the total 261 crew members of the ill-fated barge P305 were still missing while 26 were confirmed dead.
Afcons, the oilfield service provider that operated the barge that sank in the cyclone killing many on Monday night, has said the vessel’s safety lay with Durmast, the company that owns the barge and appoints the Master and other crew.
ONGC barge tragedy: Safety of P305 laid with Durmast, says Afcons
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Last Updated: May 20, 2021, 08:34 PM IST
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By Thursday afternoon, 49 of the total 261 crew members of the ill-fated barge P305 were still missing while 26 were confirmed dead. The government has set up an inquiry into the incident while companies have begun to tell their side of the story.
PTI
By Thursday afternoon, 49 of the total 261 crew members of the ill-fated barge P305 were still missing while 26 were confirmed dead.
Afcons, the oilfield service provider that operated the barge that sank in the cyclone killing many on Monday night, has said the vessel’s safety lay with Durmast, the company that owns the barge and appoints the Master and other crew.