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Activists highlight socio-ecological crisis
T'puram: As part of World Ocean Day, activists displayed an art installation in Valiyathura on June 8, symbolising the vast socio-ecological crisis that unfolded after the container ship MSC Elsa 3 sank off Alappuzha coast.
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The display, symbolising the shipping company through a ship model, was set against the backdrop of plastic nurdles that washed ashore. It raised messages reading, 'no time to waste'.
"The people have the right to know and expect a detailed statement on the circumstances of the accident, as well as a comprehensive clean-up and compensation plan from MSC, who have not yet communicated even after two weeks," said Jackson Pollayil, state president of Kerala Swatantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation.
"While the decarbonisation of the shipping industry and global plastics pollution are discussed at the UN Ocean conference, major profitable shipping companies such as MSC can no longer shy away from their responsibility," said Amruta S N, climate campaigner at Greenpeace India.
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