Barge P305 tragedy: 66 dead, 20 missing; Navy deploys diving teams to look for bodies

The death toll on P305 rose to 66 with the recovery of six more bodies during the day, a Navy spokesperson said.

With no trace of nine personnel from barge P305 and 11 from tugboat Varaprada six days after Cyclone Tauktae fury rendered the vessels adrift, the Navy on Saturday undertook an underwater search for the wreckage of the two vessels. The death toll on P305 rose to 66 with the recovery of six more bodies during the day, a Navy spokesperson said. The Navy also deployed specialised diving teams to boost the search and rescue operations (SAR) for the barge and the tugboat off the Mumbai coast.