Chennai: People of North Chennai will have to suffer the oil leak for a while longer as a report of the IIT-M says the remedial process will take two years to complete.
The draft of the final report prepared by the IIT-M expert committee appointed to study the matter was submitted to the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal in Chennai by Additional Solicitor General, P.Wilson, appearing for the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, on Monday.
The experts have warned that completion of the bio-remediation / chemical oxidation process may take over two years as hydrocarbons have been found in 15 borewells spread over 9544 sq. meters and soil contamination in nine other borewells.
Also, Bharat Petroleum Corporation has been allotted about 100 acres in Attipattu village in Ennore for commissioning a new terminal by the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
