Plastic Nurdles from sunk container ship off Kochi coast wash ashore in TN, raising alarm for Gulf of Mannar
Chennai, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Environmental concerns are mounting following the sinking of the container ship MSC ELSA 3 off the coast of Kerala, as plastic nurdles — tiny pre-production plastic pellets — have begun washing ashore in Tamil Nadu’s Kanniyakumari district and are posing a threat for the eco-sensitive Gulf of Mannar. The Liberia-flagged vessel sank on May 25, approximately 38 nautical miles off the coast between Vizhinjam and Kochi.
