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Oil spill continues despite temporary measures on Cauvery Basin Refinery pipeline in Nagai
Despite the temporary measures taken to arrest the leakage in the pipeline of the Cauvery Basin Refinery (CBR) of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) at Pattinamchery in Nagapattinam district, the oil spill continued to pollute the sea on Saturday.
A senior CPCL official reported that the leakage had been clamped as a temporary measure in the early hours of Saturday. The officer explained that the tide was low between 1am and 4.45am on Saturday, during which the clamping was done after dumping sandbags around the pipeline on the shore. However, due to high tide, the pipeline was surrounded by seawater, causing the crack to continue to cause oil spills.
T Sakthivel, a representative of the fishermen in the village, said that although a temporary arrest has been made, the leakage still continues. “The velocity of the spill has come down. They will take up the work again during the low tide in the early hours,” said Sakthivel.
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