The Gujarati town accounts for nearly 98 percent of India’s total and about a third of the global ship recycling volume.


Suchak Patel is an independent writer and researcher specialising in policy analysis and fact-checking.
The Gujarati town accounts for nearly 98 percent of India’s total and about a third of the global ship recycling volume.

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