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Ship collision: Now, oil & tar balls hit Colaba coast [1]

MUMBAI: The menace of oil slicks, debris and tar balls washing up along the western coastline and onto beaches is acute in south Mumbai.

State environment secretary Valsa Nair- Singh said on Monday that the Colaba coast was the second-most-affected area after the August 7 collision of two ships, which led to an oil spill in the sea.

Publication Date: 
14/09/2010
Times Of India (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Toxic Wastes [3], Shipping [4], Mumbai [5], Maharashtra [6], Oil Pollution [7], Pollution [8]

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