Water mixed with oil collected from the Ennore Creek and Buckingham Canal have been moved to Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) refinery in Manali for further treatment. The cleaning work is targeted to be completed in next 2-3 days, the company said in a statement on Sunday.
The company has deployed around 20,000 absorbent pads to remove oil traces from the surface of the water in the creek and other waterbodies, it said in a statement here.
The CPCL has mobilised four agencies from Chennai, Mumbai and Paradip for clearing the oil spill that happened as a result of Cyclone Michaung. Containment booms have been arranged on an emergency basis and seven booms of around 1430 mts each have been installed in different areas of the creek and Buckingham Canal. Six oil skimmers have been deployed in the cleaning operation. Due to continuous cleaning, oil in the containment zone had reduced considerably and was very minimal.
