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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6643 FRIDAY 7 APRIL 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Massive diesel spill
inside Traditional healers say fly-by-nights giving them bad name
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Locker vom Hocker
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∙Diesel seeping into ground at railway yard for the past half a century. ***************** ∙Most of sub-terranean Walvis Bay shows traces of diesel contamination. ***************** ∙Clean-up can take several decades and tens of millions of Namibia Dollar - report
Former U.S. president George W. Bush lands at Walvis Bay
A massive underground diesel spill has been discovered at TransNamib's locomotive re-fuelling depot in Walvis Bay. It is accepted diesel could have been spilled and seeping undetected into the ground at the railway yard for the past half a century.
During an investigation the past several weeks, it was learnt TransNamib has already started with a clean-up project that involve the excavation of a large hole near the locomotive re-fuelling area. Seawater containing high concentrations of diesel seeps from underground into this large hole (pictured above). The diesel is then extracted from the water in the hope that if this project is continued, the massive underground diesel spill can clear. Continues on Page 2
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Floris Steenkamp
A report saw by namib times confirmed this. Disturbingly, the spill seeped into most of subterranean Walvis Bay.
Motoring Inside
Bush-couple jets-in from Windhoek to Walvis Bay from where helicopters took them on a “private tourism” excursion Full Report on Page 2
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