"The ship has dealt a death blow to our lives. We can t go into the sea, which means we can t make a living," Joshua Anthony, head of a region fishing union.
Sri Lankan authorities Sunday said they will sue the owners of a Singapore-registered cargo carrier which has burned for 11 straight days off the island’s west coast and caused some of its worst-ever marine pollution. Police said a criminal investigation was also launched into the blaze aboard the MV X-Press Pearl, which was carrying 25 .
Sri Lanka faces an unprecedented pollution crisis as waves of plastic waste from a burning container ship hit the coast and threaten to devastate the local environment, a top environment official warned on May 29.
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Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which has been burning for the eleventh consecutive day as vessels try to douse off the fire, in the sea off Sri Lanka’s Colombo Harbour, in Colombo May 30, 2021. Picture courtesy of Sri Lanka Air Force via AFP
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NEGOMBO (Sri Lanka), May 31 Sri Lankan authorities yesterday said they will sue the owners of a Singapore-registered cargo carrier which has burned for 11 straight days off the island’s west coast and caused some of its worst-ever marine pollution.