Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 11 (IANS) The Southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Tamil Nadu government to file a comprehensive report on the cleanup operations following a significant spill of plastic nurdles that washed ashore reaching Dhanushkodi. The spill originated from a cargo ship that sank off … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 5 (IANS) Over a week after the Liberia-flagged container vessel MSL ELSA 3 sank off the Kerala coast, spilling plastic nurdles and other pollutants into the Arabian Sea, a coastal pollution assessment has commenced along Tamil Nadu’s southern shoreline. The National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), under the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 (IANS) Kerala Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian on Wednesday said that the state government has taken all necessary steps following the MSC Elsa-3 shipwreck, which occurred 38 nautical miles off the coast near Thottappalli in Alappuzha district on May 24. The cargo vessel, carrying over 643 containers, capsized … Read more