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The ship, MV Wisdom drifted dangerously close to the Bandra-Worli sealink. |
A merchant vessel, MV Wisdom, which was headed for a shipbreaking yard in Gujarat , broke free from its tug and went adrift on Saturday afternoon causing a fear of crashing into the Bandra-Worli sea link. After a collision scare, the ship settled near Juhu beach by the evening turning into an environmental hazard, coast guard officials said on Sunday.
According to officials, the ship might be too damaged to be moved from its present location. They said the ship was likely to be grounded for 30 days and might have to be dismantled on the spot which, environmentalists fear, could prove hazardous.
The directorate general of shipping (DGS) was looking into the incident while the coast guard continued to monitor the situation. The nationality of the ship was not yet known.
The 175-metre long cargo ship was heading to Alang scrap yard from Colombo
A team of coast guards was expected to inspect the stranded ship to assess the damage and decide the next course of action. If the ship would be found damaged at the bottom, the coast guard may decide to wait for at least a week because regular high tides of more than 4 metre are expected over the next seven days, which would make towing the ship highly dangerous.
However, if the damage would be minimal, the ship could be towed away even despite high tides. The coastguard could even look at dismantling a few parts of the ship to reduce the weight to make towing simpler. In case there was considerable damage to the ship, it might have to be completely dismantled on the spot.
Source: India
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