Cyclone Tauktae: Indian Navy conducts rescue ops for barge adrift with 261 people on board

Rescue operations for 261 people missing at sea off Mumbai coast continues. The Deputy chief of Naval staff said “This is one of the most challenging search and rescue ops I have seen in the last four decades. Four INS are on site. Main ops pertains to searching and rescuing 261 people from Afcons Barge P305 which sank about 60km away from Mumbai yesterday.”