Cyclone Michaung: Oil Spill Clean-Up In Ennore Creek — PICS

Amid the heavy rainfall caused by Cyclone Michaung, an oil spill occurred in Buckingham Canal at Ennore Creek in Chennai.

A worker cleans after an oil spill in the Bay of Bengal off the Ennore Creek area in the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung

Currently, fishermen are actively engaged in clearing the oil slick through various methods (Credit: PTI)

Tamil Nadu government, in response, has deployed 75 boats and 300 personnel on Wednesday for oil spill mitigation efforts in Ennore, north Chennai (Credit: PTI)

To assist in the extraction of oil from the creek, an oil skimmer machine has been put into operation (Credit: PTI)

Monitoring the ongoing work, teams from the forest department, TN Pollution Control Board, and the environment department are actively involved (Credit: PTI)

The State Oil Crisis Management Group also held its meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena (Credit: PTI)