A Central team today began a probe into allegations that a radioactive contaminated US ship has been anchored at the Alang coast in Gujarat even as NGOs demanded a CBI probe into the matter.
The three-member team comprising an official from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Steel Ministry and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) will submit its report by the end of the week.
"A CPCB official from our Zonal office in Baroda is part of the team on behalf of the environment ministry. The team will submit the report by October 23," a senior official from the ministry said.
The team has been constituted after environment minister Jairam Ramesh took cognisance of the complaints that a radioactive contaminated ship has anchored off Alang, threatening the fragile coastal region as well health of the workers.
The team has also been asked to find the ownership of the ship and also the allegations that the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) had given nod to its dismantling.
Meanwhile, a coalition of NGOs, Indian Platform on Ship-breaking, which had brought to the ministry's notice the alleged violation of environmental laws by the said ship has sought a CBI matter into the probe.
