August 10, 2010 7:20 PM

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Mumbai oil spill to be cleared for shipping by Sunday: Ramesh

Parliament was informed today that Mumbai harbour affected by the recent oil spill, will be cleared for shipping by Sunday. In a suo motu statement Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told Lok Sabha that there is no oil spill off the Mumbai coast. He said Indian Coast Guards have informed him that Mumbaiharbour will be be cleared and normal transportation restored in five days. He said 32 ships will start moving by then. The ships were stranded there following collision between container vessel MSC Chitra and another vessel Khalija-111.The entire salvage operation will take 45 days.Ramesh said fishermen have already been issued advisory to avoid fishing activity this week as there are still 200 containers floating on the sea water. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has collected water samples for testing and it had already lodged a case under the Environment Protection Act 1986.

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