Visakhapatnam-based J. Enterprises and Divers awarded the contract to plug air vents, sounding pipes and other holes to ensure that there is no oil leakage from the ship on Sep 26.The firm commenced workon Sep 27.But the Work was stopped on Sep 28 after sea condition became rough due to cyclonic circulation and later due to formation of low pressure area over the west central bay and adjoining north-west bay off the north Andhra Pradesh and south Orissa coast of bay of bengal.
The port authorities last week issued two tender notifications, one calling for spot quotations to plug the air vents, sounding pipes and other holes to prevent oil spill. Another tender was floated for taking out the oil from the sunken vessel.
“The last date for submission of bids for taking out oil is Oct 5. One port trust vessel with oil containment booms and skimmers has been deployed near the sunken vessel to tackle the spilled oil along with a coast guard vessel,” a port official said.
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