Clear Ammonium Nitrate stored in warehouse: Panel recommends to Customs

  • | Saturday | 8th August, 2020

The devastation at a port in Beirut in Lebanon due to inadequately secured ammonium nitrate has led to caution across ports and container terminals.

A multi-disciplinary panel tasked with inspecting the 740-tonne ammonium nitrate consignment gathering dust for over four years in a warehouse off Chennai has recommended that the Customs Department “clear” the stock from the godown, said a report from the panel.


According to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board report, it has been recommended to the Commissioner of Customs to "take immediate action to clear the stored ammonium nitrate from the said CFS [Container Freight Station] as the same is still under the possession of the customs department".

A panel consisting of environmental engineers and senior police officers had visited the Container Freight Station operated by company Sattva in Tiruvottiyur to the north of Chennai on Thursday.

The devastation at a port in Beirut in Lebanon due to inadequately secured ammonium nitrate has led to caution across ports and container terminals.

After news emerged that the port at North Chennai has also stores of nearly 740 tonnes of the highly inflammable chemical, pressure is building up on the Tamil Nadu government to do something about it soon.


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