Sand Turns Black In Mumbai's Juhu Beach From An Oil Spill, Source Still Unknown
The sand on over 5 kilometre stretch of Mumbai's Juhu Beach turned black due to an oil spill and the source of it remans unknown.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a clean-up drive in Mumbai's Juhu Beach after an oil spill was reported there.
Traces of oil were first noticed on the beach on Wednesday evening but by Thursday, sand on over 5 kilometre stretch of Mumbai's Juhu Beach turned black due to the spill.
Horrible oil spill on Mumbai's Juhu Beach?How are passing ships allowed to get away with this? pic.twitter.com/ibT0J7T0qX
¡ª Lauren Frayer (@lfrayer) August 6, 2021
People, who came for a walk in the morning said that the oil in the seawater was flowing towards the shore that has turned sand in black.
Pramod Virkar, a local resident said: "We have never seen oil in the beach and in the seawater, it has happened probably due to breakdown of a steamer."
Another resident, Hari said, "The sand is sticky and we cannot walk on it. It will also harm the marine life and the environment.
The source of the spill is still unclear.
Waves of oil Spill today on entire 6 km Juhu Beach @PMOIndia @narendramodi @AmitShah @nitin_gadkari @byadavbjp @maha_governor @CMOMaharashtra @PawarSpeaks @RajThackeray @BhaiJagtap1 @NANA_PATOLE @AUThackeray @Dev_Fadnavis @ChDadaPatil @MPLodha #oilspill #juhubeach @Greenpeace pic.twitter.com/d3Z6KU6SEO
¡ª Dr Rajesh Sarwadnya (@RajeshSarwadnya) August 5, 2021
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said that the administration will inspect the situation at the beach.
"I will assign a ward officer to inspect the oil on the Juhu Beach. We don't know the reason yet but, whenever we have the information we will share it," she told reporters here.
"Usually we put sand over it but first we will inspect the situation," she added.
All spilled Oil is cleared by cleanup Team ..
¡ª @PotholeWarriors ?? #PotholesFreeMumbai???? (@PotholeWarriors) August 5, 2021
It was spilled in large quantity all over juhu beach up to 5km @mybmc @mybmcwardKW @mid_day @indiatvnews @Laxmantweetsss pic.twitter.com/V2D0bHrg7c
Oil spills happen in the oceans from sunken or damaged vessels. Even mishaps on underwater oil pipelines can cause the spill.
Such oil spills however are devastating to marine life.
The oil that floats over the water can contaminate their habitat and can even lead to their death.
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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