The Indian Coast Guard launched a full-scale pollution response operation to tackle the oil slick following the sinking of the Liberian container vessel MV MSC ELSA 3. The vessel went down approximately 15 nautical miles southwest of Alappuzha, Kerala, on Sunday.
The exercise was conducted with the aim to test the preparedness of various stakeholders and agencies as part of a contingency plan for oil spill.
The Coast Guard said that it had received information from the Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Colombo late on Wednesday about a mid sea oil spill about 450 km southeast of Chennai.
Technical teams had rushed to the scene after the attempted theft and controlled the leakage, Hafez said.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on visited the oil spill affected Ennore and took stock of the clean-up operations.…
Six days after the oil spill off Chennai coast, over 2,000 personnel from different agencies on Friday stepped up clean up…
