India state on alert after ship carrying hazardous cargo capsizesThe cargo ship capsized off the coast of Kochi in Kerala stateAuthorities fear that oil, fuel and other harmful substances that have leaked from the ship and its cargo could endanger the health of residents and marine life. Authorities in India's southern Kerala state have issued an alert after a ship carrying oil and hazardous cargo leaked and sank off the state's coast in the Arabian Sea. Watch: Containers wash up on Kochi shore in India after ship carrying hazardous cargo capsizes"As the oil slick can reach anywhere along the Kerala coast, an alert has been sounded across the coastal belt," a statement from the chief minister's office said. The Indian Coast Guard has deployed a ship carrying pollution control equipment to the site. The Indian Coast Guard said that the ship was carrying 13 containers of hazardous cargo and 12 with calcium carbide - a chemical that reacts with seawater to release a flammable gas.