Mumbai Oil Spill

• Oil spill off Mumbai coast; ONGC fixes leak in pipeline

  An oil spill has been reported off the Mumbai coast after a rupture in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) main trunk pipeline yesterday.

• Mumbai: School boys build robot to clear oil spill

  It took the Mumbai Coast Guards several weeks to clear the recent oil spill in the Arabian Sea. But a robot, developed by four city students, can clear it in less than 30 days.The standard X students of Jamnabai Narsee School at Vile Parle have developed Seaswam, a low-cost solar operated robot that can swiftly clear oil spills in the ocean. The bo...

• Mumbai: Coast guard gets first anti-oil spill vessel

  Post the recent oil spill along the Mumbai harbour and the palpable need to control and combat pollution and protect marine life, the Indian Coast Guard got its first pollution control vessel commissioned on Saturday. Named ICGS Samudra Prahari, it was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai in the presence of chief minister Ashok Chavan, flag...

• Mumbai oil spill: The lost coast?

  Nearly two months after the ship collision off the Mumbai coast, one of its most famous tourist destinations - the Elephanta Caves - is still bearing the environmental impact. The devastation is so severe that marine life there is almost destroyed.The sands have blackened and the beach water is glistening with oil. The young mangrove trees have bee...

• Mumbai oil slick: Probe finds MV Khalijia to blame

  Nearly a month after the collision of two cargo ships, MV Khalijia and MSC Chitra, off the Mumbai coast resulted in a massive oil slick, the inquiry by the Director General of shipping has found that the MV Khalijia was mainly responsible for the accident. The collision had resulted in over 800 tonnes of oil leaking from the Chitra and it's cargo h...

• Mumbai oil spill: Probe blames Khalijia?

  Nearly a month after two cargo ships collided off the Mumbai coast causing a massive oil slick, an inquiry has found MV Khalijia - the ship that was grounded - was to blame for the accident. The probe by the Director General of Shipping is yet to be submitted to the Shipping Ministry but NDTV has access to the report. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil slick...

• Mumbai: Threat from toxic gas on MSC Chitra

  A high concentration of phosphine gas has been found in the narrow part of the bow of 'MSC Chitra', the cargo vessel which was damaged in a collision off the coast here early this month, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) said on Thursday.Detection of the colourless, flammable and toxic gas in the forepeak area indicates the possibility of c...

• Mumbai ship collision: MSC Chitra owners told to pay up

  The owners of MSC Chitra, which collided with another cargo ship resulting in an oil slick off the Mumbai coast, have been asked to pay full compensation for the August 7 collision. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil slick)Port authorities have sent notices to the merchant vessel's owners, the Mediterranean Shipping Company, asking them to pay full compensat...

• Ship collision: Another big scare off Mumbai coast

  Just when things seemed to have settled after the Mumbai ship collision, there is a new crisis. A hundred of the 250 odd containers that had drifted from the vessel MSC Chitra, have gone missing. Two of these containers are carrying hazardous chemical substances. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil slick)The Navy is conducting a survey of the sea using sonar ...

• Mumbai oil spill: Your hair can save the sea

  Next time you get a haircut, you may actually be helping to save the environment.The state government is considering using the 'hair boom' technique to mop up the oil spill off the Mumbai coast.The technique of using hair stuffed into nylon stockings to form a hair boom is one of the most efficient ways of clearing up oil spills- something that ha...

• The great oil spill robbery in Mumbai

  Villagers at Uran have been having a field day, collecting items for their evening tea and snacks. Unfortunately, the items can prove to be very dangerous, as they have been plucked out of an oily sea.Nine containers from the vessel MSC Chitra washed ashore at Uran yesterday, and villagers wasted no time in rummaging through them. They broke the co...

• Mumbai oil spill: Impact on the environment

  NDTV travelled to Uran in Raigad district to find out the impact of the oil spill off the coast of Mumbai, and the situation is scary. A snake which came in from the sea was covered in oil and chemicals and was struggling. Neither could it go back into the sea as it is filled with oil, nor could it remain in the open in the baking sun. The oil spil...

• Mumbai oil spill: Clean up will take 45 days

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday visited the Coastguard office to discuss the clean-up operations of the oil spill which was caused after two cargo ships, MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia collided off the Mumbai coast on Saturday. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil spill)Sources say experts have told the Maharashtra government it may take 45 days...

• Mumbai oil spill stops but environmental threat remains

  The oil slick off Mumbai coast is a serious worry and the government is trying its best to contain the damage, that's what Maharashtra Chief Minister, Ashok Chavan told NDTV, as an environmental disaster threatens the Maharashtra coast. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil slick)After Saturday's ship collision, the oil slick off the Mumbai Harbour has been spr...

• Prime Minister calls for report on Mumbai oil spill

  Concerned over the oil spill following collision of two cargo ships off Mumbai coast, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called for a report from the Shipping Ministry on the incident."The Prime Minister has called for a preliminary report from the Shipping Ministry on the oil spill," PMO sources said.Two Panamanian cargo ships -- MSC Chitra a...