ONGC's activities contaminated soil, water in Tamil Nadu districts: Report

An oil spill on June 30 sparked a farmers' agitation in the region; ONGC says leak had been handled

Analysis of soil, groundwater, and surface water samples from Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, and Nagapattinam, in Tamil Nadu, shows that the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited's (CPCL's) hydrocarbon operations have harmed the environment, The Coastal Resource Centre (CRC) said on Wednesday. 

Further, the report by the CRC, which is a community environmental monitoring project of The Other Media, also stated that ONGC failed to "observe international best practices in responding to the June 30 oil spill leading to spread of contamination to public water courses and the Velloor irrigation canal".  

According