The 800,000-strong fishing community in Maharashtra on Monday demanded compensation for what they claimed were huge losses to their trade following the oil spill outside Mumbai.

The state government

Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has appointed SMIT Salvage, a Netherlands-based company to control the oil-spill caused due to a collision between two cargo ships off the Mumbai coast, a senior port official

Concerned over the oil spill following collision of two cargo ships off Mumbai coast, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Monday called for a report from the shipping ministry on the incident.

Government on Monday said legal action has been initiated against owners of the two cargo ships, which collided off Mumbai coast resulting in oil spill endangering the marine life and environment.

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