Sundarbans oil spill

A tanker carrying 3.58 lakh litres of furnace oil sank in a Sundarbans river near Mongla early on December 9, spilling oil over a vast area of the world's largest mangrove forest.
Having no oil-spill management capacity, the government continues stopgap measures to remove the furnace oil spread over vast areas of the Sundarbans, whose biodiversity is at a serious stake.
Of the 3.58 lakh litres with which the vessel capsized, some 2.25 lakh litres oil spread initially over 50 to 60km stretch of the Shela and Pashur rivers.