A 30-ft long whale carcass, weighing in tonnes, washed ashore near Arnala Fort in Virar West on Monday. The concerned authorities have been informed but the government machinery is struggling to reach there with a machine to dispose of the marine giant.

The carcass is found near Channel Gate, north of the Fort, which is nearly 700-M away from Arnala Killa village in Virar. “The dead whale got washed ashore after it was tossed in the high tide on Monday. Now it’s stuck at a place where the authorities concerned will have a tough time getting a machine to transport the bulky carcass to a place to dispose of it,” said a local source.