New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- MSC ELSA3 ship which went down with 367 tonnes of furnace oil and 84 tonnes of low sulphur diesel in May this year, is leaking continuously with devastating consequences on marine life and regional fisheries, a new government backed scientific report has warned.
It has called for urgent containment and ecological restoration actions including immediate sealing of leaking fuel compartments.
The Kerala-based Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), operating under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), said in its detailed report that the ecological footprint of the ELSA 3 wreck off Kochi coast on May 27 has already spread across a wide area, causing alarming levels of oil pollution, toxic chemicals, an...