Vishal Kedar says he won’t ever fail to remember the evening of 16 May when the canal boat he was sent on started to sink in the midst of a serious twister off the shore of the Indian city of Mumbai.

There were 261 specialists on the flatboat when it sank. Seventy bodies, accepted to be generally from the canal boat, have been recuperated up until this point, and 186 men have been protected.

Mr Kedar was utilized as a welding right hand on the canal boat called Papaa-305 (P-305) which, on the evening of 17 May, at last sank in the Arabian Sea, about 60km (37 miles) miles off the shoreline of Mumbai.

The stricken vessel, sent by India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), was conveying faculty recruited for seaward penetrating.

Vishal Kedar and Abhishek Awadh

picture captionVishal Kedar (L) and Abhishek Awadh (R) were functioning as welders on the flatboat

Mr Kedar and his companion Abhishek Awadh, both 20, chipped away at the vessel as welding associates, each procuring 20,000 rupees ($274; £194) a month.

Mr Awadh says that on 14 May, the commander of the canal boat was cautioned about the typhoon by India’s meteorological division. The coastguard said Cyclone Tauktae would hit the ocean and that all vessels should get back to Mumbai.

“However, individuals dealing with the flatboat didn’t observe the admonition. They believed that seven to eight meter-high waves would represent no risks. So the vessel was removed 200m from the [oil rig] stage at which we were working,” says Mr Awadh.

An authority examination has been jump started to discover why the canal boat was abandoned in the tempest, and a police grumbling has been stopped against the commander.

In an explanation on 19 May, Afcons, the organization which contracted the flatboat, said the vessel had been conveying security gear including life coats and life pontoons for all faculty. The BBC has reached Afcons for input.

At the point when the tempest struck, the flatboat’s anchors gave way and it started floating. At that point the vessel slammed into an oil boring stage.

“This prompted a cut in the flatboat and water began spouting in from one side. After at some point, the back bit of the vessel began sinking and the motor room got overflowed,” says Mr Kedar.

The radio official on board attempted to contact the organization’s Mumbai office to look for help. Frenzy had begun setting in.

Around 20 laborers hopped into the ocean and the majority of them suffocated very quickly, Mr Awadh says.

Almost immediately 17 May, naval force ships conveying salvage groups started showing up at the site.

Rough waters, solid breezes and low perceivability made it hard for them to approach. To add to the hardships, the flatboat’s force supply had snapped and the vessel had wandered practically 90km (56 miles) in the ocean from the spot it was moored at.