Mumbai, August 10: Even as the Centre today termed the oil spill off Mumbai coast as a “big disaster”, Maharashtra government said the situation was completely under control as Coast Guard officials had plugged the leakages.
“The situation is under control now. I was briefed by Coast Guard officials that the leakage from where the oil was spilling out from MSC Chitra has been plugged yesterday and no further oil spill has been reported,” chief minister Ashok Chavan said.
To a query, Chavan said it is estimated that between 400-500 metric tonnes of oil might have spilled from the vessel. He was speaking to reporters after reviewing the oil spill situation at the Coast Guard headquarters in Worli.
However, the chemical dispersion exercise is underway, he said, adding, the experts from a Singapore firm, who arrived here, have started their operations related to the oil spill.
–Agencies