CS Monitors Work on Clearing Oil Spill

Chennai: Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena presided over a meeting of the State Oil Crisis Management Group on Wednesday to review the mitigation work carried out at the Ennore Creek and the villages affected by the oil spill from the public sector CPCL premises in Manali. Senior government officials and CPCL authorities also attended the meeting, which was informed that the mitigation work was in full swing in the area and that oil boomers had been put in place to contain the spread of oil. ‘CPCL has been directed to further ramp up the mitigation work by deployment of more number of oil boomers, skimmers and trained manpower. CPCL had been categorically told to ensure that protective gear and safety equipment were provided to the teams engaged in the work and the Oil Crisis Management Group directed the Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation and Director of Fisheries to undertake a comprehensive review of the impacted families and submit the list to the Relief Commissioner, the release said.