Chennai Oil Spill

Chennai oil spill: Governing agencies trying to hide the problem rather than focussing on solutions

Oil spills have long-term impacts which require long-term monitoring. Given the lack of knowledge and our understanding of near-shore ecosystems, we can only speculate the impacts of an oil spill of such gravity.

Chennai oil spill: Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam visits Ennore to review situation

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Sunday visited the oil spill-affected Ennore and took stock of the clean-up operations.

Chennai oil spill: Centre claims 90% of sludge cleaned up, but reports say job only half-done

With the oil spill off the coast here raising concerns, the Centre on Saturday said a total of 65 tonnes of sludge has been removed so far and over 90 percent of the work completed. It also expressed confidence that the cleaning operation will be finished in a couple of days.

Chennai oil spill: Damage may be 10 times worse than originally thought, admits Coast Guard

Five days after two ships collided near Chennai, releasing tonnes of oil sludge into the ocean off the Tamil Nadu coast, the Coast Guard has said the damage might be much worse than what was originally feared

Chennai oil spill: Coast Guard, volunteers toil as clean-up-nears completion

Five days after two ships collided near the Kamarajar Port in Chennai triggering an oil spill, CNN-News 18 reported that 70 percent of the sludge had been cleaned up and the rest was expected to be removed by evening.