NEW DELHI – Twenty-two bodies have been recovered off the coast of Mumbai city where a barge with 261 people on board sank on Monday during a severe cyclone.
The death toll is expected to rise as rescue operations continue. At least 53 people are still missing.
A navy warship returned to the city’s harbour on Wednesday with some of the 186 survivors rescued so far.
Thirty-five people have also been rescued from another of the three other barges stranded due to cyclone Tauktae.
The barge was working on a project for India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. It was carrying personnel deployed for offshore drilling. When the storm struck, the barge’s anchors gave way and it began drifting.(BBC)
