Damage to toxic ship Platinum II raises concern.Byline: ANI Gandhinagar, Oct 19 (ANI): The hull of the Platinum-II ship, allegedly carrying toxic waste, was on Monday damaged, following which, it was grounded off the Alang Port in Gujarat. Rescue efforts are on under the supervision of the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) to save the people on board. There are reportedly nine onboard. Meanwhile, a three-member team has arrived at Bhavnagar Port to inspect the ship for toxic materials. The steel ministry's advisor, Dr S A Hussain and Dr R K Singh from the Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), former U.S. government commission created by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and charged with the development and control of the U.S. atomic energy program following World War II. are expected to reach the ship by this afternoon. They will inspect the ship and determine whether the cargo on board is toxic for the environment. The Platinum II is allegedly loaded with highly dangerous toxic waste but was granted permission to dock earlier this month. The government's move has had environmentalists protesting. Earlier, the Supreme Court had passed a ruling that ships should be broken down in the country only after prior decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. . The US ship was given permission to anchor on October 8 after a desk review wherein the GMB, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board The Government of Gujarat constituted the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on 15.10.1974 with a view to protect the environment, prevent and control the pollution of water in the State of Gujarat, that occupies a prominent niche in progressive and industrial development of (GPCB GPCB Goncalves Pereira, Castelo Branco & Associados (lawyers in Portugal) ) and the Central Customs Department gave it clearance. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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