Colombo: More than 200 rare marine animals have died of fire on Singapore-flagged container ships carrying tons of dangerous chemicals and sank Sri Lanka beach earlier this month, the court has heard, days after the marine carcass began to wash to land.
The briefing of the water life after the ‘X-Press Pearl’ sinking container ship, the Attorney General’s office told Magistrate’s Court, that at least 176 turtles, 20 dolphins and four whales were killed due to chemical leaks produced.
In the past few days, a carcass of a number of marine animals had washed land.
The Ministry of Wildlife has reported the beach of animals to 26 different courts, said the Attorney General’s office.
The court has directed government analysts to submit official findings.
Cargo ships carry 1,486 containers of chemicals and cargo when riding fire on May 21 near Port Colombo.
Sri Lankan Navy, Airforce, and Indian coast guards together watered the fire in an operation that needed days.
However, the ship slumped on the coast of the country on June 17.
Apart from tons of fuel 325 metrics in the tank, the ship is loaded with 25 tons of malicious nitric acid.
Environmental lovers have dub it as one of the worst ecological disasters in the history of the country.
Last week, Sri Lanka claimed the damage while $ 40 million from the owner of the cargo ship, through the Attorney General after direction by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera said only 40 percent of hazardous materials, such as plastic, such as plastic pellets, oil and acids, from The ship has washed it up.
Head of the Marine Protection Authority Darshani Lahandapura said the operation to identify dangerous cargo that fell into the sea.
Indian survey ships, INS Sarvekshak, have helped in an effort almost a week now, he said.
“Indian ships can only see containers on sea beds, if they can identify the container number then we will be able to determine which cargo they carry.
If the numbers have been destroyed by the fire or other reasons it will be difficult” said Lahandapura.
UN representatives in Sri Lanka last week said the sinking of the container ship had caused significant damage to the planet by releasing hazardous substances into the ecosystem.
An oil and chemical spill expert team from the National Examination and the European Union worked with the Sri Lankan institution to assess the impact of the disaster.