Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Phantom democracy


Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Mumbai oil spill

A boy washes his oily hands as the oil spill from MV Rak, a cargo vessel which sunk off the Mumbai harbour on reaches Juhu beach in Mumbai. (PTI)
A boy washes his oily hands as the oil spill from MV Rak, a cargo vessel which sunk off the Mumbai harbour on reaches Juhu beach in Mumbai. (PTI)
People stand on the Juhu beach contaminated by oil leaking from a merchant ship, MV Rak, which sank off the Arabian Sea coast three days ago in Mumbai. (AP)
People stand on the Juhu beach contaminated by oil leaking from a merchant ship, MV Rak, which sank off the Arabian Sea coast three days ago in Mumbai. (AP)
People watch as the oil from the oil spill in the Arabian sea washes ashore with the waves onto the Juhu beach. IE Photo: Vasant Prabhu
People watch as the oil from the oil spill in the Arabian sea washes ashore with the waves onto the Juhu beach. IE Photo: Vasant Prabhu
People stand on the Juhu beach contaminated by oil leaking from a merchant ship, MV Rak, which sank off the Arabian Sea coast three days ago in Mumbai. (AP)
People stand on the Juhu beach contaminated by oil leaking from a merchant ship, MV Rak, which sank off the Arabian Sea coast three days ago in Mumbai. (AP)
A man walks with his monkey on the Juhu beach contaminated by oil leaking from a merchant ship, MV Rak, which sank off the Arabian Sea coast three days ago in Mumbai. (AP)
A man walks with his monkey on the Juhu beach contaminated by oil leaking from a merchant ship, MV Rak, which sank off the Arabian Sea coast three days ago in Mumbai. (AP)
People play on the Juhu beach contaminated by oil leaking from merchant ship MV Rak, which sank off the Arabian Sea coast three days ago in Mumbai. (AP)
People play on the Juhu beach contaminated by oil leaking from merchant ship MV Rak, which sank off the Arabian Sea coast three days ago in Mumbai. (AP)
People walk on Juhu beach where oil from the oil spill off MV Rak, a cargo vessel which sunk near the Mumbai harbour, wash ashore with the waves. (PTI)
People walk on Juhu beach where oil from the oil spill off MV Rak, a cargo vessel which sunk near the Mumbai harbour, wash ashore with the waves. (PTI)
People walk on Juhu beach where patches of oil from the oil spill off MV Rak, a cargo vessel which sunk near the Mumbai harbour, stain the sand. (PTI)
People walk on Juhu beach where patches of oil from the oil spill off MV Rak, a cargo vessel which sunk near the Mumbai harbour, stain the sand. (PTI)
The Coast Guard tries to contain the oil spill from the ill-fated vessel MV RAK that sunk off Mumbai coast on August 4. (PTI)
The Coast Guard tries to contain the oil spill from the ill-fated vessel MV RAK that sunk off Mumbai coast on August 4. (PTI)