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Thick, black tar balls, some of them as large as a foot in diameter, have washed ashore on Majali and Tilamati beaches, 8 kms from here.

US OFFICIALS said BP Plc killed its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico after creating another cement seal, plugging the source of the largest offshore oil spill in US history.

Crews on Friday began pumping cement into BP

The collision between bulk carrier M V Khalijia III and container vessel MSC Chitra in August and the resulting oil spill has cost Chitra's owners, Mediterranean Shipping Company, approximately $10 million.

On August 7, two merchant vessels, MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia, collided in the harbour, leading to a major oil spill. During investigations into the cause of the collision, the management of Chitra was asked to pay Rs3 crore as compensation.

Chitra was carrying a large number of containers, some with toxic material. Two of its tanks got damaged, letting out around 800 tons of oil into the sea.

The oil spill along the coast of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh may cause severe harm to flora and fauna in and around adjacent area of the site, the Coast Guard said in its initial report.

Kakinada, Sept 15: Hundreds of people including leaders and activists of the Congress, the Telugu Desam and the Praja Rajyam on Wednesday staged dharnas in front of Cairn Energy seeking immediate steps to remove the oil spill along the coast.

The oil spill that was formed in Bay of Bengal a few days ago has spread panic in the coastal areas.

The agitators, who held a dharna at the company of

The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) has submitted its first development report on the extent of contamination due to the recent oil spill caused by the collision of MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia off the Mumbai coast.

Teri carried out the bio-remediation process at Awas beach in Alibaug and Navy Nagar in Colaba with permission from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) along with the

Kakinada, Sept.