Chennai oil spill: Tanker crew questioned, can’t leave city till probe is over

Mangalore Today News Network

Chennai, Feb 04, 2017 : The crew of the two tankers which collided last week and caused the massive oil spill off the coast of Ennore port are currently being interrogated by police. Both the crew and the ships will also not be allowed to leave Kamarajar port until the investigation into the accident is concluded.

While Chennai Port Trust chairman P Raveendran released a statement saying that action would be taken along the “polluter pays principle”, there is still a great deal of confusion over the events of last Saturday when the two oil tankers collided.

 

The environment ministry has issued a notice to the port, seeking to know whether it contained the necessary infrastructure required to deal with a situation like this. Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday also announced that a probe has been launched to determine who was responsible for the oil spill.