MSC Chitra asked to pay for oil spill

The Indian Coast Guard asked the owner of vessel MSC Chitra to cough up Rs 2.5 crore for the operations carried out.

Written by Press Trust Of India
Mumbai | September 23, 2010 11:55 PM IST

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The Indian Coast Guard on Thursday asked the owner of vessel MSC Chitra to cough up Rs 2.5 crore for the operations carried out to contain the oil spill damage caused by the ship after it collided with another merchant vessel. “We have written to the owners of MSC Chitra to pay nearly Rs 2.5 crore as we had to deploy our men,helicopters and vessels to carry out various operations to tackle the situation after the mishap,” S P S Basra,IG Coast Guard (Western region) said.

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