PM calls for report on Mumbai oil spill

PM-VESSEL

New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) Concerned over the oil spill
following collision of two cargo ships off Mumbai coast in
Maharashtra state in west India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Monday called for a report from the Shipping Ministry on the
incident.
"The Prime Minister has called for a preliminary report
from the Shipping Ministry on the oil spill," PMO sources
said.
Two Panamanian cargo ships -- MSC Chitra and Merchant
Vessel Khalija -- collided off the Mumbai coast causing an
oil-spill from one of the vessels.
The issue was also raised in the Rajya Sabha (upper House
of Indian Parliament) where Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh
said legal action has been initiated against owners of the two
vessels.
"Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board has already
initiated legal action against the owners of the ships,"
Ramesh said. PTI MS
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