For the third time, Le Clemenceau has been forced to turn back and return to France. The French government summoned the decommissioned ship back even though France's defence minister argued that there were no suitable scrapyards in Europe.
Clemenceau had been waiting outside Indian territorial waters for permission to dock in Alang, Gujarat, for a couple of weeks (
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/about-turn
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shipping
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-products
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/france
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxic-wastes
