The Indian Coast Guard said its ships and helicopters have been continuously monitoring the oil spill situation in Ennore. The Coast Guard confirmed that there had been no egress of the oil slick into the coastal area. Traces of oil were ICG ships and helicopters immediately responded to the oil spill near the coast and neutralised it appropriately. The ICG …
The Tamil Nadu government’s 20-member State of Oil Spill Crisis Management Group, which met on December 11 to discuss the remediation of oil spill in the Ennore-Manali region, said the oil spill had adversely impacted the livelihoods of the fishing community and had directed the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited to undertake mitigation efforts on a war footing. The SOS-CMG, headed …