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Chennai oil spill: A shiny, black ocean, dead turtles and the clean-up
A dead turtle washes up on the shore in Chennai. The oil slick floating along the city coast since two ships collided off the Ennore port last Saturday has travelled 32km south, and has impacted the livelihood of fishermen and threatened the aquatic life. (V Srinivasulu/HT photo )
Updated on: Feb 03, 2017 12:54 PM IST
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A dead turtle washes up on the shore in Chennai. The oil slick floating along the city coast since two ships collided off the Ennore port last Saturday has travelled 32km south, and has impacted the livelihood of fishermen and threatened the aquatic life. (V Srinivasulu/HT photo )
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Members of Pollution Response Team of the Indian Coast Guard tackle the oil spill from boulders at the Ennore coast, in Chennai.
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Members of the Pollution Response Team of the Indian Coast Guard pull out a dead turtle at the Ennore coast. Environmentalists fear the massive oil spill will have a long-term impact on the marine life than previously believed.
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Oil slick floats along the Chennai coast.
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Oil slick floating along the city coast has travelled 32km south and entered the Palavakkam beach on the East Coast Road.
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The oil slick is likely to travel further south . Nearly 70 tonnes of oil sludge accumulated on the Ennore shore at Ramakrishna Nagar Kuppam beach has been removed by the Indian Coast Guard.
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Turtles wash ashore along the Ernavoor Shore in North Chennai.
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The oil slick accumulated on the Palavakkam beach is predicted to move south and reach Injambakkam, near the Cholamandal Artists’ Village.
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A member of the Pollution Response Team collects a sample of the oil spill from boulders at the coast.
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Over 500 workers, from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Kamarajar Port, and local fishermen, have been working alongside the Coast Guard in an effort to control the increasingly large oil spill.
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The Coast Guard Pollution Response Team tackles the oil spill in the sea at Ernavoor. Over 1,000 personnel from various government departments were involved in the clean-up of the shoreline.
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Coast Guard Pollution Response Team tackles the oil spill. Volunteers from engineering colleges, fishing communities have also joined the cleaning operations.
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Sludge of oil along the coastline at Ernavoor, north Chennai.
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Coast Guard Pollution Response Team tackles the oil spill in the sea at Ernavoor. A report by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services says that the spillage has polluted 24.06 km of the Chennai’s coastline.
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