Two cargo ships collided at Chennai's coast On Saturday, which caused huge oil spill in the ocean, which killed many aquatic animals.

Till this time, nearly 600 tonnes of the sludge is removed from the ocean and still more to be cleaned.

Coast guard IG S Paramesh revealed that this oil spill is 10 times more than that occurred previously. Paramesh said that "The spill is 10 times than what was reported. Location of  the accident was 2 nautical miles from coastline. A Coast Guard team has been divided into small groups. 80 per cent of cleaning work has been completed at Marina Beach stretch. By tomorrow evening full stretch of Marina will be cleared."

As per the latest reports, it will take nearly one week to clean the whole sludge from the coast, which is been continuously spreading over the different oceans which includes Marina Beach and Bay of Bengal.

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