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The oil slick floating along the city coast since two ships collided off the Ennore port on January 28 and has travelled 32km south and entered the Palavakkam beach on the East Coast Road.
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2/17
It is likely to travel further south and reach Uthandi. Nearly 70 tonnes of oil sludge accumulated on the Ennore shore at Ramakrishna Nagar Kuppam beach has been removed by the Indian Coast Guard so far.
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3/17
The environment ministry has deployed a team of officials to visit Chennai on February 03 to assess the damage to the environment.
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4/17
Kanimozhi of the DMK raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha, pointing out the lack of coordination between nodal agencies in the clean-up process and sought a probe into the collision that caused the spill.
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5/17
After the coast is cleared, the pollution response team of the coast guard will go to work on the sea walls (groynes). The rocks on the shore that are coated with thick oil sludge will be cleaned using steamers.
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