MUMBAI: Environmentalists have expressed concern over the damage the oil spill has done to some of the beaches in Mumbai and neighbouring Raigad. An alarming level of oil has been found in sand on these beaches following the spill caused by the collision of two merchant vessels off the Mumbai coast on August 7.
The oil washed ashore has seeped into the sand at the beaches in Mumbai and those at Sasvane, Alibag and Uran (all in Raigad), creating a "huge mess", they said. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), which has collected samples of water and sediments, is analysing them. "Except in Dadar, we have found oil in the sand in Colaba, Priyadarshani Park, Breach Candy, Alibag and Uran beaches," Rakesh Mathur, Mumbai office in-charge of the Nagpur-based NEERI, said. Deepak Apte, a senior scientist at Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) who has been asked by the Coast Guard to assess the pollution.
The oil washed ashore has seeped into the sand at the beaches in Mumbai and those at Sasvane, Alibag and Uran (all in Raigad), creating a "huge mess", they said. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), which has collected samples of water and sediments, is analysing them. "Except in Dadar, we have found oil in the sand in Colaba, Priyadarshani Park, Breach Candy, Alibag and Uran beaches," Rakesh Mathur, Mumbai office in-charge of the Nagpur-based NEERI, said. Deepak Apte, a senior scientist at Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) who has been asked by the Coast Guard to assess the pollution.
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