Mumbai Boat Accident: PM Modi additionally introduced Rs 50,000 for injured individuals.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed grief over the lack of 13 lives following a collision between two boats in Mumbai whereas saying an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 help for the injured people.
Taking to X, the Prime Minister’s Workplace (PMO) wrote: “The Prime Minister has introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF for the following of kin of every deceased within the boat mishap in Mumbai. The injured can be given Rs 50,000.”
In one other publish, the PMO, quoting Prime Minister Modi, wrote: “The boat mishap in Mumbai is saddening. Condolences to the bereaved households. I pray that the injured recuperate quickly. These affected are being assisted by the authorities: PM @narendramodi.”
The Prime Minister has introduced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF for the following of kin of every deceased within the boat mishap in Mumbai. The injured can be given Rs. 50,000. https://t.co/EPwReaayYk
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 18, 2024
In a horrific maritime catastrophe, not less than 13 individuals drowned, together with three Indian Navy sailors plus one other 99 had been rescued from the Arabian Sea when a naval speedboat on engine trials misplaced management and abruptly rammed right into a passenger ferry, close to the Raigad Coast, off Gateway of India, right here on Wednesday night, officers stated.
The passenger boat, reported to be a non-public catamaran named ‘Neelkamal’, was ferrying round 110 vacationers plus 5 crew members to the world-famous UNESCO Heritage Elephanta Islands, and the catastrophe occurred round 5:15 p.m., stated the BMC Catastrophe Management.
Official sources stated that an Indian Navy’s inflexible inflatable boat present process engine trials crashed into the ‘Neelkamal’ at excessive pace, overturning it and throwing a lot of the vacationers into the Arabian Sea close to Uran, Karanja on the Raigad coast, round 10 km from Gateway of India.
The sources stated that the ferry, ‘Neelkamal’, could have damaged down with the sudden hit, overturned and began sinking with the passengers thrown into the ocean.
Movies of the tragedy, clicked by aghast passengers from different ferries within the neighborhood confirmed ugly pictures of individuals screaming for assist, flailing their legs and arms to stay afloat or trying to carry their close to and pricey ones from sinking in chilly sea waters.
On receiving the SOS from a number of sources on the catastrophe, an enormous rescue operation was launched by the Indian Navy’s 4 helicopters and 15 different vessels together with the Marine Police, Indian Coast Guard, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, together with native fishers and different ferry boats to save lots of the victims.
By 9 p.m., the authorities confirmed 13 deaths comprising three Indian Navy sailors and 10 civilians, a number of ‘essential’ in numerous hospitals, and over 100 different vacationers whose situation is reported to be ‘steady’ in numerous hospitals, whereas the search continues for one more 5 nonetheless suspected ‘lacking’ as darkness fell.
It was not instantly clear whether or not the ill-fated ‘Neelkamal’ was carrying passengers as per the stipulated norms for load and different security measures.
The proprietor of the vessel, Rajendra Padte, stated that the ‘Neelkamal’ had departed on its common tourism voyage to Elephanta Islands round 3.15 p.m. and barely a few hours later the tragedy was reported, “nevertheless it was not our fault”.
“An Indian Navy speedboat first encircled my boat, then zoomed off, and returned once more at excessive pace and banged into ‘Neelkamal’. All of the vacationers had been sporting life jackets which are actually obligatory. Greater than a dozen different boats are engaged within the rescue operations,” a shaken Padte informed mediapersons.
A furious Peasants & Employees Occasion of India (PWP) Normal Secretary and ex-legislator Jayant P. Patil, who was current on the spot, slammed the involved authorities that resulted within the tragedy and the ‘Neelkamal’ sunk into the water quickly thereafter.
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