Mumbai boat accident: A major accident took place yesterday in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra. A Navy speedboat collided with a passenger boat. After this collision the passenger boat overturned in the sea. 13 people died in this accident. Although there were more than 100 people on board the boat, the accident could have been bigger but the heroic action of three Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constables averted a major accident.
Immediate rescue operation started
Constables Amol Maruti Sawant, Vikas Ghosh and Arun Singh were patrolling just 4-5 kilometers away from the accident site and were headed towards Jawahar Deep Island. On receiving an SOS call from the CISF control room, Constable Sawant immediately returned his patrol boat and reached the location of the overturned boat. Constable Sawant said, we received a call at 3:55 pm and we reached the accident site at 4:05 pm, traveling at a speed of 1,600 rpm, and started the rescue operation.
save the children first
Constable Sawant said, ‘When we reached the accident site, the entire boat had capsized. There were 9-10 children aged between 3 to 11 years in the boat. The first person we rescued was a three-year-old child. Our priority was to save all the children and we managed to save them, although unfortunately one child died in the accident, I do not know the exact age of the child.
Sawant further said that after seeing the horrific scene, people were screaming, passengers panicked and sought help. Although our patrol boat has a capacity of 15 passengers, the team took 25-30 people into the boat in case of emergency to save lives. The rescued people were immediately transferred to JNPT boats passing through the area.
gave CPR to people
Most of the rescued passengers were unconscious and we gave them CPR before transferring them to another boat, which took them to a hospital at JNPT, Sawant said. When we rescued 30-35 passengers, rescue teams from the Navy, Coast Guard and Mumbai Police arrived to provide additional assistance and then a large number of people were rescued.
Three constables successfully rescued around 72 passengers with the help of other agencies
Sources said a major accident was averted due to the timely arrival of the CISF patrol boat. According to an official CISF statement, three constables with the help of other agencies successfully rescued around 72 passengers.
