AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO

The Gopalpur Port authorities on Wednes- day engaged 200 local peo- ple to clean the oil-silts from the local beach that was inundated by a thick layer of petroleum fuel leaking out of a cargo ship docked in the port.

AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO and RASHME SEHGAL

A huge thick layer of oil washed up at the mouth of the Rushikulya river on the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday morning, endangering the local marine flora and fauna and particularly Orissa's famed Olive Ridley sea turtles.

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ASHME SEHGAL

Six workers were April 1: Six workers were killed in a major fire caused by an oil spill in the sea waters of Alang beach. The oil spill is reported to have been caused by a leak in a ship called Shantamani Enterprise which is docked on the beach.

While efforts to control the fire are on, the fire is still raging in what has come to be the biggest ship-breaking

At least 6.5 hectares of paddy and other crops have been affected in Sivasagar district due to leakage of pipelines.

A pusher tug, a small barge that propels a bigger vessel, drowned in the Hooghly near Prinsep Ghat on Friday night, releasing oil into the river.

Attempts to salvage barge Bhagadutta, owned by the Assam government, might start from Monday, Calcutta Port Trust officials said.