India’s Kerala state sues MSC for $1.1 billion in oil spill compensation

The incident, "has resulted in massive pollution of Kerala's marine ecosystem, with oil slicks and floating cargo causing serious detriment to the environment, coastal fisheries and public health," the state government said in its court filing, which is not public but was reviewed by Reuters.

After the May incident, the state government asked local fishermen to avoid going into the sea and distributed cash and food relief to around 105,518 families involved with fishing industry.

(Reporting by Arpan Chaturvedi; Editing by Aditya Kalra and Raju Gopalakrishnan)