Rescue mission drifted away from Mumbai during Cyclone Tauktae

Recently Cyclone Tauktae wreaked havoc in parts of Maharashtra and Gujarat when it traveled past the coast of Mumbai and made its landfall in Gujarat.

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The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard launched a rescue mission after four vessels went adrift off the Mumbai coast due to inclement weather and heavy rains arising from Cyclone Tauktae.

In the early hours of May 17, Cyclone Tauktae hit Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai where Oil Natural Gas Corporation Ltds major production installations and drilling rigs are located.

Due to a combination of weather factors, four vessels that the ONGC put into service went adrift in the high seas.

A total of four vessels have been affected. They include three construction barges of M/s Afcons (Barge ‘Papaa–305’, Barge ‘Support Station-3’ and Barge ‘Gal Constructor’), which is working on a project of ONGC in Western Offshore fields in the Arabian Sea.

The fourth vessel (ONGC’s Drill Ship ‘Sagar Bhushan’) is a drilling rig of ONGC deployed for exploration purposes.