PARADIP: A major portion of the Jatadhari river mouth has been covered by black oil reportedly leaking from the sunken Mongolian vessel Black Rose. Besides, fishermen have also witnessed oil slick on sea surface from Sandhkuda to Jatadhari river mouth and in Badtanda area of Erasama block. Local fishermen alleged that dead fishes have been seen floating at the sea shore near the river mouth.

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The worst fears of environmentalists appear to have come true with reports of an oil leak from MV Black Rose, the Mongolian ship that sank off Paradeep coast in Orissa on the 9th of September. The ship was carrying about 926 tonnes (926,000 litres) of furnace oil.

Environment watchdog Greenpeace on Thursday warned that the costs of the Paradip oil spill caused by the drowning of the Mongolian ship MV Black Rose on September 9, in terms of damage to ecology, could be far more than what a clean-up would involve. "As we move forward, the focus should not be solely on the response to the oil spill, but more importantly on preventing such accidents.

A team of experts from the shipping ministry is reaching Paradip port on Saturday to inspect Black Rose, a Mongolian ship that sank about 1.6 miles off the coast on September 9 with 924 tonnes of furnace oil and 48 tonnes of diesel.

Orissa

The iron ore-laden ship that sank off Paradip coast 12 days ago has started discharging oil in small quantities, triggering concern among the environmentalists in the state. Mongolian vessel MV Black Rose, carrying 24,000 tonnes of iron ore, sank 3 km off Paradip on September 10 soon after it anchored off the port. Due to a technical snag, the vessel tilted and sank.

RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY and AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO
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The worst fear appears to have come true.
Oil spillage has begun from Black Rose, the cargo ship that sank on September 9 off the Bay of Bengal coast, nearly seven km away from Orissa's Paradip port.

The oil leakage threatens to severely damage the local marine resources and ecology.

PARADIP/KENDRAPARA: The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has swung into action along with Coast Guard and Paradip Port Trust (PPT) today, on the directive of the State Government, to prevent possible oil spill from the sunken Mongolian ship

MARINE ENVORONMENT