A deliberate act of sabotage has led to an oil spill in the Barrackpore area.

Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Dr Roodal Moonilal expressed outrage as he related the incident on Tuesday.

“This morning we have had a situation in the Barrackpore area where we have had a leakage, an oil leakage, on a particular province operated by a private operator but working with Heritage. And it has been reported to the police as a matter of sabotage where apparently elements have invaded the facility, and they destroyed the pipeline with the intention, of course, of stealing significant lengths of pipe.”