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Pay 141cr damages in 4 weeks for 2017 oil spill: HC to govt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 13.04.2018
Chennai: The Madras high court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu fisheries department to disburse ₹141 crore compensation to over one lakh fishermen who were affected by the January 2017 oil spill.
On January 28, 2017, cargo ships Dawn Kanchipuram and MT BW Maple collided near Chennai port, resulting in a large oil spill. The high court initiated suo motu proceedings on pleas for compensation from people whose livelihoods were severely hit by the oil spill .
When the plea came up for hearing before a bench of Justices S Manikumar and Bhavani Subbarayan, the department submitted that a six member committee was formed to suggest suitable ways to calculate the compensation for different categories of fishermen affected by spill.
The committee has already submitted its report and the same is presently under scrutiny of the government. Once the process of de-duplication is complete, steps will be taken to disburse the compensation, it said.
Recording the submission, the bench said, “We direct the sscrutiny and approval be granted as expeditiously as possible. Preparation of de-duplication process is completed as expeditiously as possible and disbursement of due compensation to eligible parties will be done within four weeks from today.”
Pay 141cr damages in 4 weeks for 2017 oil spill: HC to govt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 13.04.2018
Chennai: The Madras high court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu fisheries department to disburse ₹141 crore compensation to over one lakh fishermen who were affected by the January 2017 oil spill.
On January 28, 2017, cargo ships Dawn Kanchipuram and MT BW Maple collided near Chennai port, resulting in a large oil spill. The high court initiated suo motu proceedings on pleas for compensation from people whose livelihoods were severely hit by the oil spill .
When the plea came up for hearing before a bench of Justices S Manikumar and Bhavani Subbarayan, the department submitted that a six member committee was formed to suggest suitable ways to calculate the compensation for different categories of fishermen affected by spill.
The committee has already submitted its report and the same is presently under scrutiny of the government. Once the process of de-duplication is complete, steps will be taken to disburse the compensation, it said.
Recording the submission, the bench said, “We direct the sscrutiny and approval be granted as expeditiously as possible. Preparation of de-duplication process is completed as expeditiously as possible and disbursement of due compensation to eligible parties will be done within four weeks from today.”
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