Kerala pollution control board prepares draft oil spill response plan

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The determination to hole the Oil Spill Contingency Plan was finalised aft Kerala witnessed 2 incidents disconnected its seashore involving 2 abstracted vessels – MSC Elsa 3 and MV Wan Hai 503 (this picture) – connected May 25, 2025 and June 9, 2025 respectively | Photo Credit: Indian Coast Guard PRO/ANI Photo

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is acceptable with the draught Oil Spill Contingency Plan (OSCP) aimed astatine processing a structured attack to marine lipid spills.

A Bengaluru-based firm, which was entrusted with the enactment successful June 2025, has submitted the draught OSCP. It includes lipid spill modelling, marine sensitivity scale mapping and nett biology payment analysis, according to a study submitted by the KSPCB earlier the National Green Tribunal (NGT) connected April 20, 2026.

Published - April 29, 2026 03:38 p.m. IST

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