'Blue Lady': SC notice to Centre
by The Times of India (India)
13 May 2006 (New Delhi, India) –
One of world's longest ocean liner SS Norway, heading towards Alang Shipbreaking Yard in Gujarat carrying three times the toxic waste of Clemenceau, came under the Supreme Court's radar on Thursday.
A Bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Markanday Katju issued notices to the Centre and Gujarat Maritime Board seeking their response on an application by environmentalist Gopal Krishna seeking a direction to the authorities to stop the ship from entering India's territorial waters.
The environmentalist sought on order similar to that passed by the apex court restraining decommissioned French warship Clemenceau from entering the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters. Immediately thereafter, French president Jaques Chirac had ordered the return of the warship.
Appearing for the Centre, additional solicitor general Gopal Subramaniam said he has already written to concerned authorities, after receiving a letter from counsel Sanjay Parikh, to take necessary steps.
The Bench referred the environmentalist's application to the Committee of Technical Experts engaged in evaluating the infrasructural capability of the Alang Shipbreaking Yard to deal with scrapping of such large ships carrying huge toxic waste hazardous to nature and health of the workers.
FAIR USE NOTICE. This document contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The Basel Action Network is making this article available in our efforts to advance understanding of ecological sustainability and environmental justice issues. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
More News
|
