Oil Spill

In Mumbai-Pune expressway, a speeding tanker overturned which resulted in an oil spill on March 26. Due to which, the highway traffic was disrupted, causing immobility. Reportedly, a truck that went over the oil skidded. The incident occurred in the Mumbai-Pune six-lane expressway at around 5:30 am, reported, PTI. "A 30km patch of the expressway is affected due to the incident," said a police official.

National Institute of Ocean Technology has come up with an eco-friendly mechanism to fight oil-spills in seas and oceans. Scientists devised a crude-oil bioremediation technology, which uses a group of marine-microbes wheat bran inactivated on agro-residue bacterial cells. Reportedly, the hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria uses petroleum products as its energy source. The study further found immobilized bacteria had a more efficient oil-degrading… read-more

The Japanese carrier which ran onto a coral reef off Mauritius on July 25, is feared to have set-off a major ecological crisis. At least 1000 tons of oil is said to have been leaked into the Indian Ocean. Reportedly, the carrier had passed through the annual inspection in Japan. "The ship has now stopped leaking oil, but the nation must brace itself for worst case scenario," said Mauritius PM.