TNPSC Thervupettagam

Ennore Creek oil spill 2023

December 25 , 2023 336 days 731 0
  • Massive oil spill from Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) resulted in a sheet of oil spreading into Buckingham Canal and Ennore Creek.
  • Ennore Creek, an arm of the Kosathalaiyar River, is demarcated as Coastal Regulation Zone IV.
  • Inadequate stormwater management at CPCL, led to overflowing of oil mixed water amid floods triggered by cyclone Michaung.
  • Section 356J of the Merchant shipping Act, 1958, describes the power to give a notice to the owner, etc, of polluting ship when the central government is satisfied the ship is not as per the prescribed rules.
  • Section 356K of the same Act states that if a person, after being served the notice under section 356J, fails to comply, the central government can convict the person of an offense.

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