The “Swift Action” of the Indian Coast Guard, the top officials of the Directorate of General Shipping, said on Wednesday that any major oil spread from the Capital Liberian Container Ship Elsa 3 was prevented.
Four days after the ship, four ships and two Dornier Aircrafts are still fighting, away from the Kerala coast. To include oil leakageThe Liberia-Flagd MSC Elsa 3, a 28-year-old vessel, was sailing from the Vizinjam port in Thiruvananthapuram to Kochi, when it was located about 25 km southwest to the southwest of Alappuzha. The ship went down with over 600 containers, some of which washed the ash on Monday.
“Pollution response operation is still going on. Apart from three ships, a dedicated pollution control vessel Samudra Prahari was also raised from Mumbai. That oil spill is only in the patch, not continuous, not, is an achievement,” said the defense spokesperson in Kochi.
Abdul Kalam Azad, the captain of Shyam Jaganathan, a noteal advisor to the Government of India and Director General of Shipping, told the media that 50 containers have been detected at seven sites in Kerala.
“Attempts to retrieve them within two days.
Azad said that within six hours of the incident, the Directorate had convened a meeting with all stakeholders and since then eight inter -settlements were held.
“Indian Coast Guard Intense The action stopped the spread of any major oil, ”he said.
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Officials said the capsized ship had 12 containers with calcium carbide. Of these, five containers fell into the sea, but they were not beaches anywhere.
Calcium carbide containers were arranged in the ship’s hull and so they moved under the sea with the ship. Officials said the seabed would be scanned to recover these containers.
Director of the National Center for Ocean Information Services (Incois), Dr. TM Balakrishnan Nair on Wednesday confirmed that there were oil marks along the Alappuzha coast. “Our six-member team has found small oil patches along the coast. These are bunkers used in ships. As almost contained the oil, we do not expect a large scale oil clever. However, it will also be seen in the southern Kerala coast in the coming days. Everything depends on how much oil has been released from the ship.
On the influence of marine life, Dr. Balakrishnan said that it would depend on the amount of oil coming out of the ship. He said, “The direction of wind and current also decides on the impact and spread of oil during the monsoon season, which is the reproductive period for many fish varieties,” he said.
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Meanwhile, a high-level meeting participated by officials of various departments was held in Thiruvananthapuram to address environmental issues emanating from the accident.
Officials said that in addition to empty containers, nurses – small plastic pellers are used to make products – have also gathered at several places in the southern coast.
State Pollution Control Board Chairman S Srikala said that the board has decided to conduct a drone survey to identify the deposits of plastic pelles in Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram coast.
“The shipping firm is alerted about this. In two districts, our offices will deploy volunteers to clean the banks of Nurdals,” he said.
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State Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian said that the authorities were asked to check the quality of fish along the southern and central Kerala coast.
“Nothing dangerous has landed along the coast so far and the fish can be consumed without any fear. Fishing has been banned about 20 knots from the site of Mishap. It is also under consideration to limit this no-fishing zone to the accident,” he said.
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