Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday issued orders to provide a relief amount of ₹8.68 crore to 9,001 families affected in Ennore by the oil spill from Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL).
Fishing boats, fishing nets, and houses in Kattukuppam, Sivanpadaikuppam, Ennorekuppam, Mugadwarakuppam, Thalankuppam, Nettukuppam, VOC Nagar, Ulaganathapuram, and Sathyavanimuthu Nagar were damaged. As the oil entered the Ennore estuary of Kosasthalaiyar river, fisherfolk lost their livelihoods.
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