Western Navy Commander MK Jha About Rescue Ops During Cyclone Tauktae
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...
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