BERHAMPUR: Parts of Ganjam coast in Orissa lay covered with oil on Tuesday, after a ship carrying coal from Indonesia collided with a motor boat and developed a crack in its fuel tank on Monday. The vessel was anchored at Gopalpur port when the incident took place.
BERHAMPUR: Parts of Ganjam coast in Orissa lay covered with oil on Tuesday, after a ship carrying coal from Indonesia collided with a motor boat and developed a crack in its fuel tank on Monday. The vessel was anchored at Gopalpur port when the incident took place. ‘‘Malabika, a vessel of Essar Company, was anchored for over a week to unload coal from Indonesia when it met with the accident,’’ director of Gopalpur port Manmohan Maharana said. Although the oil that spilled into the sea was immediately cleared from the surface, the water near the port could not be made entirely clean. The port surveyor and the ship company are obliged to quantify the damage caused due to the oil leakage.
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BERHAMPUR: Parts of Ganjam coast in Orissa lay covered with oil on Tuesday, after a ship carrying coal from Indonesia collided with a motor boat and developed a crack in its fuel tank on Monday. The vessel was anchored at Gopalpur port when the incident took place. ‘‘Malabika, a vessel of Essar Company, was anchored for over a week to unload coal from Indonesia when it met with the accident,’’ director of Gopalpur port Manmohan Maharana said. Although the oil that spilled into the sea was immediately cleared from the surface, the water near the port could not be made entirely clean. The port surveyor and the ship company are obliged to quantify the damage caused due to the oil leakage.
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Environmentalists and wildlife activists fear the Olive Ridley turtle eggs may be damaged and may never yield healthy turtles due to the oil deposits. Over two lakh Olive Ridleys had laid eggs near the mouth of the Rushikulya, about 20 km from the port. The eggs are expected to hatch in the first week of next month. The stretch between Gokharakuda and Kantiagada is one of the three mass nesting sites along the Orissa cost.Oil Tanks India manufacturing facility.
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