Specialist Clearance Diving Team of Western Naval Command on Monday conducted the diving Operations over the wreck of Tug Varaprada, informed the Indian Navy. "Specialised surface supply diving equipment, underwater search equipment, hand held SONAR and underwater lights were used during the dive operations. Nagendra Kumar is captain of Varaprada tugboat. They said that Tugboat Varaprada is owned by Glory shipping management company. It had also stated that underwater search by Navy Survey ship has been planned for locating wrecks of Barge P305 and Tug Varaprada using specialised teams and equipment.

Source: Mint May 24, 2021 17:03 UTC