Fifteen priority ecological areas identified in Tamil Nadu’s oil spill contingency plan
Fishermen engaged in removing oil from the wetlands of Ennore-Manali in the aftermath of an oil spill in January 2024. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam With four coastal districts being identified as ‘very high’ risk for oil spills, the Tamil Nadu government has finalised a contingency plan to mitigate such disasters. The final plan,…