Toxic waste of oil found in Arakan coast , western Myanmar

Sunday, 12 August 2018

 

So many miles long toxic waste of oil found on the water surface of sea at Arakan coast

in bay of Bengal in these days. These toxic waste of oil were seen by local fishermen when

they were catching fishes in the river between the main land and Ramree Island. The sea current flowed between the main land and island carrying on its surface toxic waste of oil which is many miles in length. The ebb and flow of tide also gradually reached almost entire northern

part of Arakan coast carrying toxic waste. Some kind of big fishes are being killed by toxic waste.  Some big dead fishes strand at sea beach in Sittwe, Capital of Arakan.

There is Chinese crude oil terminal at Maday Island in Kyaukryu Township, in Arakan coast,

western so-called Myanmar. From Maday Island , crude oil pipeline starts to be end in Yunnan,

China. Similarly natural gas pipeline also was constructed parallel but natural gas pipeline begins Ramree Island, Kyaukruy Township. Two pipelines meet together at Ramree Island and from there, both pipelines run parallel to be end in Yunnan, China.

Gas released in the pipeline became operational in October 2013. The crude oil pipeline fully

operationally became by the end of 2013.These pipelines are 2,520 kilometer long. 797 Km in

Myanmar and 1,728 Km in China. Gas pipeline delivers every year 12 billion cubic metres while

The crude oil pipeline carries 22 million tones every year. The nature gas is extracted from

Arakan coast and sold to China by majority Burmese government without wills of Arakanese.

Crude oil is that China imports from Africa and middle-east into China via The lost Arakan to

Myanmar. Myanmar does not officially say how much they earn from Arakan gas and oil

pipeline but they build new capital and buy fighter jets, tanks, short range missiles and rockets

with the monies from  Arakan gas and crude oil pipeline. Arakan people get absolutely nothing.

But environment pollutions and toxic waste which Arakanese people are just to gain at all.

Oil is being unloaded from oil-ships into tanks before it is released into pipeline to reach

China from Kyaukruy once in every two or three days. Local Arakanese people believe that oil

tanks were washed at oil terminal in Maday Island and toxic waste of oil were dumped at sea.

The irresponsible Myanmar government does not care what and how badly happening in the sea. (at Arakan coast) . Yet, fishes are dying and aftermath of that, fish-eating birds like ospreys, eagles and

seagulls may die. There will be dire consequences if  legal action is not brought against the company that dumps toxic waste at sea.