Iron object weighing around 80 Kg found on Bateswar beach in Ganjam

A sizeable iron object weighing about 80 kilograms was spotted on the shoreline of Bateswar beach in Ganjam district on Wednesday.

The object, standing nearly seven feet in height and approximately two and a half feet in width, is marked with the code 'AMS-6'. It is suspected to be some debris from a cargo ship.

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Local Forest Department officials, in cooperation with coastguard, have secured the object.

What the preliminary probe suggests

Early investigations suggest that the object might have become dislodged during a collision involving cargo vessels or in the course of loading operations. The coastguard surmises that it subsequently drifted to the beach under the influence of sea current.

Local Forest Department, coastguard, and police authorities are yet to comment on the matter.

Worth mentioning, several objects were also previously found on the beaches in Odisha.

Earlier in another incident, a mysterious container which washed ashore at famous Puri beach had grabbed the eyeballs as hundreds of locals rushed to get a glance of it. Some fishermen had spotted the container and alerted the district administration.

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Marine police and officials of the Forest Department were then deployed to guard the container. Besides, two more containers of a sunken cargo ship ‘MV IIT Puma’ were washed ashore at Satabhaya under Rajnagar police limits in Kendrapara district.

At least seven containers of a cargo vessel that was en route to Port Blair from Indonesia had gone missing. The container was believed to be one of those that washed ashore.