Tondiarpet residents woke up to a strong odour on Wednesday morning caused by oil leak from a defunct underground pipeline. A thick layer of oil covered the stagnant water in a trench dug by Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. on Tondiarpet High Road.
Mary, who works in a shop near the site, said she did not see any oil till about 11.30 p.m. on Tuesday night when she closed the shop. “Some work was going on at the site. They stopped the work by 4.30 p.m. after heavy rain started in the area. This morning there was a strong odour and people gathered along the site to see oil in water, on the mud and concrete,” she said.
