BMC to conduct water audits to identify leakages, contamination
<br />By Linah Baliga <br /><br />The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to undertake a pilot project of water audits in some of city
<br />By Linah Baliga <br /><br />The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to undertake a pilot project of water audits in some of city
By Priya Iyengar <br />
Rahi Gaikwad<br /><br />Mumbai: Mangroves near the Elephanta Island in the Mumbai harbour and those near Vashi in Navi Mumbai were found to be affected on Wednesday, after merchant vessel MSC Chitra collided with MV Khalijia-III, leading to a massive oil spill in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai. There is, however, no estimate of the scale of the damage.<br />
Kavitha Iyer <br /><br />Saturday
Vinaya Deshpande<br /><br />Mumbai: The effect of the oil leak from MSC Chitra may not be as dramatic as hordes of blackened dead fish being washed off the shore or some oil-slick-ridden duckling being spotted somewhere. But, according to Deepak Apte, Assistant Director, Bombay Natural History Society, the process of slow poisoning has begun.<br />
The civic body is taking all chances to check spread of malaria. On Wednesday, it sent samples of mosquito larvicidal (ML) oil it had stopped using since almost two years for testing to Haffkine Institute in Parel. If the report suggests that the oil is effective in destroying mosquito larvae, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will shell out Rs1.62 crore to procure it.<br />
Two Maoist-affected districts, Gadchiroli and Gondiya in Vidarbha, will soon get a special fund of Rs580 crore for development projects.<br /><br />The state home department plans to implement irrigation and educational projects, along with some key infrastructural works, in an effort to win back the support of locals.<br />
<br />Water is leaking out from the ground in Azad Maidan near CST and Marine Lines. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which took note of the surface run-off recently, has now asked a consultant geologist to look into what might be causing the phenomenon.<br />
<br />A study conducted by a city-based NGO has revealed that suburban Kurla has reported the highest number of malaria, diarrhoea, dengue, HIV and other diseases in the last two years.<br />
MUMBAI: The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) and National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) will conduct an extensive research to study the impact of the oil spill on the marine eco system.<br />
<br />MUMBAI: In wake of the collision between two ships and the subsequent oil spill off the coast here, BMC has started conducting random checks of seafood items in civic markets to ensure they are hygienic and contamination-free.<br />
Vinaya Deshpande<br /><br />Mumbai: Four days after the oil spill from MSC Chitra, an exact assessment of the impact on marine life cannot be done for lack of systematic data on the biodiversity off the Mumbai coast. Monsoon adds to the existing woes.<br />
Praveen Kumar Singh<br /><br />New Delhi: Even after 118 people took ill from last month
<p>The Suo Moto Statement made by Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State of Environment and Forests (Independent Charge) in Lok Sabha on environmental implications of the recent oil spill off Mumbai coast.</p>
<br />Lying between development and the deep blue sea, Maharashtra
<p>The Coast Guard today plugged the two ruptured tanks of the MSC Chitra which were spilling oil into the sea off the Mumbai coast since the ship collided with another vessel, MV Khalijia III, on Saturday morning.</p>
Operations were suspended at India
<br />Rahi Gaikwad<br /><br />Mumbai: While the sea around Mumbai faces a potential environment disaster after an oil spill in the Arabian Sea, the three-day ordeal of containing it came to an end on Monday evening. While the Coast Guard continued chemical spraying to contain the oil slick, the tilting cargo ship MSC Chitra, involved in a collision with another vessel earlier, stabilised.
<br />New Delhi: The government on Monday said legal action has been initiated against owners of the two cargo ships which collided off the Mumbai coast, resulting in oil spill endangering marine life and environment.
<br />A team of experts from Singapore arrives to assist in the operations; port closed for shipping activity during the night<br /><br />Mumbai: The oil spill is under control but salvage operations off the Mumbai coast are expected to last a month, Maharashtra Environment Minister Suresh Shetty told journalists here on Monday.<br />