Cyclone Tauktae final toll in Maharashtra 86, all bodies recovered from Arabian Sea

Barge Papaa-305 and tugboat Varaprada sank in the Arabian Sea during the cyclone fury and a total of 86 crew members and oil workers died.

Mumbai: Exactly a week after the devastating Cyclone Tauktae struck Maharashtra, a total of 86 bodies have been recovered from the Arabian Sea, including 70 from the two vessels that sank near Bombay High Fields, an official said here on Sunday. Barge Papaa-305 and tugboat Varaprada sank in the Arabian Sea during the cyclone fury and a total of 86 crew members and oil workers died. While there were 261 persons on board Papaa-305, 13 others were on board Varaprada, an anchor-handling vessel.