Watch: The hefty environmental cost of a shipwreck | Video Credit: L. Balachandar Ocean currents had carried the wreckage to south Tamil Nadu. Villages along the coast—Neerody, Midalam, Vallavilai, Erayumanthurai—reported bags of nurdles, iron rods, and even cashew nuts. Alerted by vigilant fishermen, the Tamil Nadu government launched clean-up operations. Conservancy workers and volunteers were […]
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The Secretary of Kerala’s Disaster Management department has written to the Advocate General, to initiate action to file an admiralty suit before the Kerala High Court, regarding the sinking of container ship MSC Elsa 3 off the Alappuzha coast on May 25. The AG’s advice has also been sought on action to be taken to […]
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If the extraction of oil not commence within the next 48 hours, the Centre shall be left with no alternative but examine all avenues against the ship owners and salvors for the continuing threat posed to Indian waters and the coastal environment, says Director General of Shipping in a letter addressed to MSC Ship Management […]
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The Liberia-flagged MSC Elsa 3, a container ship carrying hazardous cargo, sank off the Kerala coast on May 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Indian Coast Guard via AP Though the underwater salvage operation of the container ship MSC Elsa 3 that sank off the Alappuzha coast on May 25 began on Monday (June 9), the […]
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The nearly three-decade-old ship carrying more than 640 containers sank off the coast of Kerala on May 25 | Photo Credit: PTI Though the sinking of the container ship MSC Elsa 3 off the Kerala coast sparked significant environmental concerns, including potential oil spills and the spread of hazardous chemicals, the Kerala government is of […]
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E Sreenivasan, an 80-year-old fisherman, stands near a granite memorial as he recalls the fury of the sea 21 years ago. On December 26, 2004, a tsunami struck the Indian Ocean coast with a ferocious intensity, uprooting trees, smashing buildings, and sweeping away thousands of people. At the fisher hamlet in Arattupuzha at the southern […]
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The Liberia-flagged container vessel MSC Elsa 3 sank off the Kochi coast on May 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stated that Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) that owned the Liberia-flagged container vessel MSC Elsa 3 that sank off the Kochi coast on May 25, 2025 was expected to clarify […]
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Ripple effect: A container that washed ashore at Vaniyakudi in Kanniyakumari district being recovered with the guidance of a three-member expert team from Gujarat. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A total of 22 coastal villages across the Killiyoor and Kalkulam taluks of Kanniyakumari district have been affected so far by the debris that washed ashore from the sunken Liberian-flagged cargo vessel, […]
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Ripple effect: A container that washed ashore at Vaniyakudi in Kanniyakumari district being recovered with the guidance of a three-member expert team from Gujarat. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A total of 22 coastal villages across the Killiyoor and Kalkulam taluks of Kanniyakumari district have been affected so far by the debris that washed ashore from the sunken Liberian-flagged cargo vessel, […]
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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin holds a review meeting with officials regarding the environmental impact of the Kochi shipwreck on the Tamil Nadu coast, at the Secretariat in Chennai on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin held a review meeting with officials at the State Secretariat on Friday (May 30, […]
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