EPA for impact assessment post wastage clearance

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports it will commence impact assessment of Vilimale' outer reef post clearance of wastage disposed from the bridge platform. The waste spilled after a platform, used for geo-technical investigations for the currently in progress Thilamale' bridge, crashed atop the island's outer reef.

The crashed platform, which carried out its surveys by drilling boreholes to assess for data required for the infrastructure project. The platform stayed semi-submerged atop the reef for over three weeks before it was righted.