a 15-member joint inspection team comprising officials of Central Pollution Control Board, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (gpcb), Customs and Gujarat Maritime Board has given a clean chit to Danish ship, Rickky, which arrived at the Alang ship demolition yard in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district on the night of April 22, 2005. The ship, reportedly carrying hazardous toxic waste, including asbestos, had given a slip to the Danish government, which had asked it to remain in Denmark till its decontamination work was over.

Denmark's minister for environment Connie Hedegaard, in a letter dated April 15, 2005, had warned Union minister of environment and forests A Raja about the ship: "I believe our interests are joint