COLLISION OF SHIPS WHICH LEAD TO DEATH OF AQUATIC LIFE AND HUGE ECONOMIC LOSS

Two ships colliding and lead to spill

we had a big man made calamity recently occurred in kamarajar port, cantChennai, Tamilnadu.which lead to the death of much aquatic life and can't take back .how sad it is recently Chennai faced natural calamity and now this! this is a purely man-made mistake which took the lives without any meaning.
lets come in brief about this .... what happened there? how much time it takes to clean?

Brief about the Oill spill

On Saturday(08-01-2017) early hours two ships MT BW Maple, MT Dawn Kanchipuram carrying load collided, which results in damage of 32,813 MT Maple was leaving the port after offloading an LPG consignment. MT Dawn Kanchipuram was entering with a full load of petrol and lubricants.After six days the government of Tamilnadu came to know about the issue and immediately started cleaning the water with help of  The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and other NGO Organizations. Which the help of government and other organizations The total quantity of sludge which was removed till February 2 was 65 tons. It is observed that there is a vast difference between the quantity of oil spilled and sludge recovered due to the fact that the oil gets coagulated and becomes puffy when it is recovered with water and sand. IOC is providing special bio-remediation material for treatment of the collected oil sludge for safe disposal.

With the help of super suckers, the have removed 54 tons which contained 70 percent water. The coast guard has been coordinating the operations jointly with personnel from the Chennai Port, Kamarajar Port, the State government and its agencies, IOCL, NGOs, Cadet Trainees from maritime educational institutions and fishermen. Teams of workers from the Greater Chennai Corporation and private conservancy agencies have been physically removed blobs of oil deposited along the beaches in Chennai.

 Health camps are being conducted at the site of the oil spill at Ennore and Ernavur in order to provide treatment to officials and volunteers engaged in the clean-up operations, if necessary.A total of 60 doctors from Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Government Stanley Hospital and the Directorate of Public Health are there to treat breathlessness and skin ailments.

A statutory inquiry has instituted by the director general of shipping under the contributory factors that led to the accident and both the ships have been restrained from leaving the Port. DG Shipping was also holding discussions with the owners of the two ships regarding the payment of claims.

The bioremediation of oil sludge collected from the Bay of Bengal near Ernavur began at the Kamarajar Port Ltd in Ennore on Friday. Experts from the Indian Oil Corporation’s research and development team have suggested that Bio Inoculum and optimized nutrients be used to treat the sludge that has formed as a result of a leak from the ship last week.

A pit that is 2000sq. meters in the area has been dug inside the Kamarajar port and high-density polyethylene sheets have been laid inside it. Layers of earth, sand, sludge and contaminated soil collected from beaches would be laid and bioagents sprayed

Issue at High Court:

Chennai High court

The Madras High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition noting that it's for the Central and the State government to take appropriate steps. Pointing out that FIR has been already filed against the two ships - MT Dawn Kanchipuram and MT BW Maple - the First Bench of Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice M. Sundar said that the authorities have already seized of the matter and it's for them to take appropriate action, including the aspects of providing compensation and recovering the costs from the owners of the vessels.

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday ordered notices to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the Central Pollution Control Board with regard to the oil spill. The case has been posted for further hearing on February 20.

Loss of Aquatic life:

Death of aquatic life due to oil spill

 Several sharks,fishes, turtles,crocodiles and hatchlings coated with the black oil were washed ashore and discovered among the boulders.Due to spill many lives which depended on aquatic life dragged to the road, due to this they can't go for hunting.

Cleaning:

People cleaning the surrounding of  water

According to wholesalers in Chintadripet, a locality close the Marina beach, the fish catch from Kasimedu, one of the affected areas, contributes to only 5-10 % of the city’s consumption. However, customers are hesitant to buy fish following the news of oil spill polluting the coastline and the fish sales has dropped by nearly 50%.