Thiruvananthapuram: About 2,000 litres of furnace oil from the state-run Travancore Titanium Products (TTP) here leaked into the sea on Wednesday over a one km stretch, but was contained within half-an-hour and the cleaning operation underway, company officials said.
Local fishermen first spotted the leak, from the pumping line to the boiler, which spread from Veli to Shangumughamarea and alerted the TTP officials and other authorities concerned. Coastguard ship C-441 and Dornier aircraft from Kochi conducted surveillance along the Veli coast here.
The coastguard vessel is closely monitoring the situation and is equipped with all logistics in case the oil spill spreads due to tidal movements, A Defence press release said. It was estimated that about 2000 litres oil leaked into the sea, it said.
Earlier, company officials told PTI that the leak was plugged within 30 minutes and the cleaning process has been initiated with the help of locals.
“Since the leak was near the…