MEPA to take CPC to courts

The Marine Environmental Protection Agency (MEPA) has lodged a complaint against the CPC, regarding the oil leak at Muthurajawela, at the Pamunugama Police Station.

MEPA has begun its own inquiry and recorded statements from CPC officials and from the oil tanker's crew, said MEPA DGM (Operations) M.A.G. Priyantha.

He added that MEPA will take Legal action against the CPC once Police investigations and its own inquiry is concluded.

The amount of oil that leaked and the related loss incurred is yet to be ascertained.