About 3000 litres of furnace oil was released on Tuesday night (7) from a tea factory into the Dickoya river, which feeds the Castlereigh hydropower reservoir, causing extensive environmental damage. Hatton police conducting inquiries into the incident said a leaking oil tank in the oil storage of the Wanajara tea factory at Dickoya resulted in this situation.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/oil-leak-dickoya-hazard-aquatic-life
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/daily-mirror-sri-lanka
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chemical-leakages
