(a) the details of the incidents of oil leakage in the country during
the last two years, location-wise;
(b) the detailed reasons of these leakages;
(c) the coastal lines identified by the Government which are prone
to oil leakage; and
(d) the action plan chalked out by the Government to deal with it?
Minister of State in the Ministry of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) & (b) The details of the incidents of oil leakage in the country during
the last two years, location-wise along with the reasons is placed at
Annexure-I.
(c) The coastline situated near few major and non major ports handling crude
oil has been identified by the Coast Guard as high risk areas. Some of the
very high risk areas are Gulf of Kutch, Hazira, Mumbai Port, Mumbai Offshore,
Kochi, Nagapattinam, Chennai, KG Basin, Kakinada and Paradip.
(d) Indian Coast Guard under Ministry of Defence, has the oil spill response
facility to coordinate and deal with larger oil spills. All the incidents of
oil spills are reported to Indian Coast Guard to assess and take necessary
actions to protect the marine life from any incident of oil spill. National
Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) is in place since November, 1993.
Director General Coast Guard is designated as Central Coordinating Authority
to implement the NOSDCP and coordinate the response activities in the event
of an oil spill in the sea including Mumbai area. The Coast Guard has informed
that they have taken steps such as providing training, to the personnel from
port and oil handling companies, undertaking audit of contingency plan and
Tier-I pollution response facilities and conduct of drills and exercise under
the ambit of National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP).