The Northern Provincial Council has appointed a team of specialists to investigate the contamination Chunnakam Power Station.
On Saturday, Tamils in Chunnakam protested the contamination of the local environment and water sources caused by the leakage of heavy fuel oil waste from the power station.
The council's chairman, C. V. K. Sivagnanam, told Uthayan that nine experts had been selected to probe the issue.
Mr Sivagnanam said the team would be directly monitored by the chief minister, C. M. Wigneswaran and environment minister P. Ayngarenesan, although no council members were on the team itself.
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