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No end to pollution of rivers

Ropar (Punjab): A Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team has taken samples of water and plants from Sutlej river in Punjab to evaluate the damage caused by a furnace oil spill after a thermal power plant pipeline burst two days ago, officials said on Sunday.

The 13th National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan meeting here on Wednesday reviewed the level of preparedness of various agencies to deal with oil spill disasters.

Participants of the recently concluded pollution control exercise experienced some teething problems, including the breaking of an oil containment boom, due to improper handling, Dawn has learnt.

Sri Lanka government is to take legal action against the Turkey Shipping Company, the owners of the sunken tanker with a load of sulphuric acid off Trincomalee Harbour.

MORMUGAO, APRIL 4 — Mormugao Deputy Collector Levinson Martins convened a review meeting on Friday in connection with the seepage of an unidentified petroleum product in two wells at Pilmaad Bogmallo.
Chicolna-Bogmallo Sarpanch Laximan Kavlekar informed Martins that the seepage continued even though Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) had pumped out 15 tanker-loads of the inflammable liquid.

Surat: ABG Shipyard Ltd on Friday launched the second pollution control-vessel (PCV) for Indian Coast Guard (ICG) at Magdalla. The vessel, christened as 'Samudra Pahredar,' is 94 m-long with displacement capacity of 3,300 tonnes and maximum draft of 4.5 metre and has speed of 205 nautical miles per hour.

The environment department on Wednesday banned polluting vessels on state waterways after a prod from the Union government.

Nearly 100 vessels that broke down and were left on the Hooghly, perennially polluting the water, will face penal measures if the ban is implemented.

More than 50 of these vessels can be found between Jagannath Ghat and Rajabagan dockyard.