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Big oil spill puts Olive Ridleys in danger [1]

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.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Water Pollution [3], Marine Pollution [4], Oil Pollution [5], Wildlife [6], Turtles [7], Orissa (Odisha) [8]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/turtles
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa