Shiv Sena Seeks Resignation Of Union Minister After Barge Sinks Off Mumbai

Mumbai:

The Shiv Sena nowadays sought a high-level probe into the barge tragedy off the Mumbai coast all through cyclone Tauktae and demanded the resignation of Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the ONGC chairman.

As many as 37 workforce on board a barge have died, whilst 38 are nonetheless lacking after the vessel, operating on an ONGC venture, sank within the Arabian Sea. The lodging barge “P305” went adrift within the cyclone fury sooner than sinking on Monday.

The Shiv Sena, which heads the federal government in Maharashtra, mentioned the dying of employees at the ONGC barge used to be a synthetic tragedy and the responsible will have to be punished critically.

Party MP and spokesman Arvind Sawant sought a high-level probe into the incident and in addition demanded the resignation of Mr Pradhan and the ONGC chairman.

“The cyclone Tauktae didn’t come all of sudden. Ok prior data used to be given to the entire stake-holders. How are you able to stay a barge within the sea all through this time?” Mr Sawant requested.

The Sena chief mentioned irresponsible and callous behaviour on a part of some officers resulted within the dying of blameless other folks.

“This man-made tragedy is the largest within the oil business up to now,” Mr Sawant mentioned.

He demanded that the kinfolk of the ones killed be adequately compensated and in addition supplied jobs.

The Military on Thursday morning introduced a recent aerial seek and rescue challenge for the lacking workforce.

Military ships have been deployed on Monday after the Military used to be knowledgeable that the barge had long gone adrift off the Heera oil fields within the Bombay Top house with 261 workforce on board. The oil fields are round 70 km southwest of Mumbai.

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