Palghar: A tanker carrying 33 tons of Vehicle Engine Raw Material developed a leakage at around 5.30 am on Gujarat Lane near the Dapcheri RTO check post off Mumbai Ahemadabad National Highway on Sunday early morning.
Local authorities covered oil-affected part of road with sand
Local authorities covered oil-affected part of road with sand. No one was injured in the accident.
The oil spillage spread to a distance of one km causing a traffic jam. Traffic police, staff from the check post and local firemen rushed to the spot and covered the affected part of the road with sand, an official said.
Traffic restored after couple of hours
Man and machinery was used to spread the soil on the road which had oil on it. The sand was removed by the grader machine and the road was flushed with water and normalcy was restored, said an official. Traffic movement on the highway was restored after 1 noon.
