ALANG-US SHIP 2 LAST

The three-member team comprising an official from the
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Steel Ministry and
the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) was constituted
following allegations that the ship was illegally anchored at
the Alang shipyard.

The Indian Platform on Ship-breaking (IPoS), a coalition
of environment and human rights activists, however, alleged
that the ship had around 210 tonnes of material contaminated
by polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and approximately 200 tonnes
of asbestos-containing material (ACM).
Opposing the team's decision of giving a clean chit,
Krishna Gopal, convenor of the IPoS said the report was
"biased" and if approved by the Indian government, it would
set a "wrong precedent" for entry of such contaminated ships
waiting to use the Indian coasts for dismantling.
He demanded the US government must recall the ship in the
same way as France had recalled Le Clemenceau. PTI AJ
ANU


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