Tug of wisdom continues

Yet another salvage operation will be carried out on July 3 for the Sri Lankan cargo ship MV Wisdom,which ran aground at Juhu beach earlier this month.

Yet another salvage operation will be carried out on July 3 for the Sri Lankan cargo ship MV Wisdom,which ran aground at Juhu beach earlier this month. Attempts to get the vessel afloat were called off twice once when the rope used to tow it away snapped,and the second time when the engine of the lead tug boat used in the rescue operation failed.

After two unsuccessful attempts,the salvors will try to tow the ship on July 3,when high tide is anticipated at 4.58 metres.

The authorities,however,do not want to take any chance this time and are planning to use two 90-tonne tug boats to refloat the 9,000-tonne merchant vessel.

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The 145-metre-long cargo vessel has been stranded on Juhu beach since June 11 after it broke away from the ship that was hauling it to Gujarats Alang ship breaking yard.

This resulted in chaos at Juhu,with a huge crowd regularly flocking to the beach to catch a glimpse of the stranded ship. Four accidents were reported when people were attempting to swim towards the ship.

Three,including a Supreme Court lawyer,were rescued,while the body of a 15-year-old boy was fished out.

Hence,policemen deployed along the beach to prevent such mishaps are often forced to take strict action against enthusiastic onlookers who tread too close to the sea.

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