Chennai sources have stated that Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday distributed an interim financial assistance for fishermen affected by oil spill in Chennai.
Sources have added that the oil spill caused by
the collision of two ships MT BW Maple and MT Dawn Kanchipuram off Ennore port
on January 28 hit fish sales hard with a majority of city residents raising
apprehensions over contamination in fish caught near Chennai.
Meanwhile when addressing the gathering on the occasion, Palaniswami said the state government had written to the director general of shipping to facilitate compensation to the tune of Rs 135.35 crore from insurance companies for the affected fishermen.
Edappadi Palaniswami had said when noting that 104
kilometers of coastal line in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts
bore the brunt of the oil spill, and Fishermen in these districts are
struggling as their catch is not attracting reasonable price.
