Mumbai: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has suspended three govt administrators following the continuing high-level probe into the chain of incidents at Bombay High throughout Cyclone Tauktae that led to the demise of 86 staff within the Arabian Sea and risked the lives of many.
The choice by ONGC comes days after ABP News raised the difficulty to take motion on those that are at fault within the barge P305 incident throughout Cyclone Tauktae.
Barge P-305 sank off the Mumbai coast on May 16 because the highly effective cyclone intensified and handed by way of the Mumbai coast in the direction of Gujarat.
On Tuesday, quoting an unnamed official, information company PTI reported that Captain Rakesh Ballav of the barge P-305 is lacking since his ill-fated boat sank.
A complete of 274 crew members have been reported lacking on May 17, which included 261 from the barge and 13 from tug Varprada.
As quickly because the information broke out, an enormous rescue operation mounted by the Indian Navy and Coast Guard managed to rescue 628 folks from numerous places within the Arabian Sea off Mumbai.
The three senior officers are govt administrators in control of drilling, security and govt exploration, respectively.
According to reviews, the three officers have been suspended to conduct a good and free investigation issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
So far, the Indian Navy has been to rescue a minimum of 188 individuals who have been on board the barge.
The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard have in the meantime discovered 70 our bodies, whereas eight our bodies every have been recovered alongside the coast at adjoining Raigad district and Valsad in Gujarat following which all of the lacking individuals have been accounted for, the official had stated.
(With PTI inputs)
