: Assam: Oil India says pollution control body will withdraw closure notice over Baghjan fire #IndiaNEWS Oil India Limited on Monday said that the Pollution Control Board of Assam has decided to withdraw

Assam: Oil India says pollution control body will withdraw closure notice over Baghjan fire #IndiaNEWS
Oil India Limited on Monday said that the Pollution Control Board of Assam has decided to withdraw its notice asking the firm to stop operations at the Baghjan oil field, where a fire broke out earlier this month. The company’s natural gas well in Assam’s Tinsukia district caught fire on June 9. A major blowout had also happened at the site on May 27. Oil India had said that the fire could take weeks to extinguish. Two of the company’s firefighters had been found dead near the well. At least 3,000 people in a 1.5-km radius of the oil well had to be evacuated on May 27 after the blowout. Oil India Limited had approached several experts to help stop the gas leak. The oil blowout destroyed local tea gardens and water bodies in Assam, triggering protests by local residents. “The Chairman of Pollution Control Board of Assam spoke to CMD [Chief Managing Director] -OIL today [Monday] and the closure Notice is in the process of being lifted,??? Oil India Limited said in a press release. The company had said on Sunday that it would approach the Gauhati High Court if the closure order is not withdrawn.Also read: The story of the Assam gas leak...Read more

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