Recently the CMO directed departments concerned to take immediate necessary action to prevent an environment calamity, making use of all available resources in terms of machinery, manpower and expertise. Actually heavy fuel leaked from a power station in Manipur’s Imphal West district and spilled into streams flowing alongside it, officials said. In reality the incident happened on Wednesday (January 10) night at the Leimakhong power station. In fact streams passing through villages such as Kanto Sabal and Sekmai were affected by the spill, they said. These streams meet the Imphal river- the lifeline of the region- downstream, they added. To solve this problem the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) directed the departments concerned to take immediate necessary action to prevent an environment calamity, making use of all available resources in terms of machinery, manpower and expertise.
Presently heavy machinery was deployed to divert the flow of the water in the affected streams towards fields, an official told media. He also said that it is yet to be determined if miscreants were involved in this or if it was accidental. Actually locals said the water of the streams is used by them for daily chores. A resident of Kanto Sabal, Nongmai said that not just aquatic life but also the communities that depend on the water have been severely threatened by this spill.