The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated that it is investigating the incident where a large quantity of diesel spilled into Malé City’s primary jetty area.
Meanwhile, the Maldives Coastguard has been working on clearing up the area and filtering out the oil. Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) estimated that nearly 1,000 litres of diesel may have been spilled in the area. Authorities have filtered approximately 400 litres of oil from the jetty area so far.
EPA Director General Ibrahim Naeem confirmed that the authority is looking into what caused the spill and attempting to identify the responsible party.
“We have cause to believe the spill might have originated from a vessel that was traveling near Malé City, and the oil had traveled with the current,” Naeem said.
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