New Delhi: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has constituted a 3-member High-Level Committee to inquire into the incident of a number of vessels drifting into the sea due to Cyclone Tauktae.
MoPNG constitutes a 3-member High-Level Committee (HLC( comprising of Shri S.C.L. Das, DG @DghIndia, Shri Amitabh Kumar, @dgship_goi and Smt. Nazli Jafri Shayin, JS Ministry of Defence to inquire into the incident of a number of vessels drifting into the sea.
— Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (@PetroleumMin) May 19, 2021
The committee has been requested to submit its inquiry report in a single month. The high-level committee contains of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Directorate General of Shipping and Joint Secretary Ministry of Defence.
MoPNG constitutes a 3-member High-Level Committee (HLC( comprising of Shri S.C.L. Das, DG @DghIndia, Shri Amitabh Kumar, @dgship_goi and Smt. Nazli Jafri Shayin, JS Ministry of Defence to inquire into the incident of a number of vessels drifting into the sea.
— Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (@PetroleumMin) May 19, 2021
In a tweet, the Ministry knowledgeable, “MoPNG constitutes a 3-member High-Level Committee (HLC) comprising of SCL Das, DG @DghIndia, Amitabh Kumar, @dgship_goi and Nazli Jafri Shayin, JS Ministry of Defence to inquire into the incident of several vessels drifting into the sea.”
“The committee will inquire into the sequence of events leading to the stranding and drifting of these vessels, and subsequent events thereof and will also make recommendations to prevent recurrence of such incidents in future. The HLC will submit its report in one month,” it additional stated.
The cyclone’s depth weakened on Wednesday however rains continued for essentially the most half of the day. It has impacted the climate situations in a number of components of Northern India together with Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi the place heavy rainfall was witnessed.
With 38 folks on board the barge that sank within the Arabian Sea 4 days in the past nonetheless lacking, Indian Navy ships labored by means of the evening, utilizing searchlights to hint any motion within the pitch darkish waters, as hopes of discovering extra survivors started to recede on Thursday.
The Navy on Thursday morning launched a contemporary aerial search and rescue mission, deploying helicopters to scour the waters off Mumbai coast, the place the lodging barge P305 went adrift in Cyclone Tauktae fury earlier than it sank on Monday.
As many as 37 personnel on board the barge are lifeless and 38 nonetheless lacking, after Navy personnel, battling excessive climate, thus far rescued 186 of the 261 individuals who have been on board the barge P305 and two personnel from tugboat Varaprada.
