With the pumping out of oil from the Malaysian tug, fears of oil spillage in the Chilika lake appears to have diminished. Earlier, the Malaysian tug Jin Hwa 32 was grounded in the vicinity of the lake after drifting away in a storm.


It was on its way from Mongla Port in bangladesh to visakhapatnam. The representatives of the vessel in visakhapatnam hope that it will be ready to be towed to the city shortly.


Fears of Oil Spillage: Fearing oil spillage, Odisha government, the Chilika Development Authority, the Department of Forest and Environment and the Odisha Pollution Control Board had directed the vessel owners to immediately remove 30,000 litres of diesel, 2,000 litres of hydraulic oil and 1,000 litres of lube oil. Oil spillage can lead to the deterioration of the lake ecosystem.


In 1993, the lake was put under the ‘Montreux Record’, a register of wetland sites on the List of Ramsar wetlands of In 2002, Chilika was taken out of the Montreux Record because of the improved conditions of the lake. The lake has also been listed in UNESCO World Heritage tentative list.


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