A foreign cargo ship, which collided with another vessel about 10 km off Mumbai harbour on Saturday, tilted further spilling oil for the third day on saturday as Navy and Coast Guard made hectic efforts to contain the leak. A worried Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan said, they are trying to contain the leak as far as possible.

The Navy and the Coast Guards carried out anti-pollution operations for the third consecutive day today to check and neutralise the oil spill. Six coastguard vessels and a helicopter with anti-pollution dispersal spray systems were pressed into service on Sunday to contain the oil spill. The Directorate General of Shipping chief nautical advisor M M Savvi has initiated an investigation into the incident.

Published Date : Tuesday, Aug 10, 01:30pm IST

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