Mysterious container spotted at Puri sea beach

A mysterious container, which washed ashore at Odisha’s famous Puri sea beach, grabbed eyeballs as hundreds of locals rushed to get a glance of it. Some fishermen spotted the container and alerted the district administration.

Marine police and officials of the Forest Department are currently deployed to guard the container. Earlier, two containers of a sunken cargo ship ‘MV IIT Puma’ were washed ashore at Satabhaya under Rajnagar police limits in Kendrapara district.
Now, three days after the two containers of the sunken cargo vessel washed ashore in Kendrapara, this is believed to be the third container. The container is believed to contain a huge amount of wax, as hundreds of candle waxes were spotted floating in the water.

A huge amount of food items, mustard oil, saris, clothes, and footwear were earlier found in the two containers.

“An unidentified container has washed ashore since yesterday. As per the procedure, we have alerted the SP. We are here for verification purposes and have also alerted the Marine Police. A 7-member team will open the container to find out what it contains after orders from the higher authorities in the presence of local police and fire personnel,” informed Puri SDPO Rabindra Bhanja. 

“Two similar containers were also spotted in Kendrapara and Ganjam. Preliminary reports reveal the containers are from a company in Indonesia. We have also alerted the Customs Department and Coast Guard,” he added.

As per reports, at least seven containers of a cargo vessel that was en route to Port Blair from Indonesia have gone missing. The container is believed to be one of those that washed ashore.