The Pollution Control Board, Assam, on Monday, has withdrawn the closure notice which directed Oil India Limited (OIL) to “close down” all production and drilling operations of a... Read more
The Army is part of a multi-agency effort to cap the Oil India Limited’s well in Assam’s Tinsukia district from where gas is spewing for about three weeks now and fire is raging... Read more
About 7,000 people have been affected in the blowout and the subsequent fire that broke out on June 7 leaving a trail of destruction By Umanand Jaiswal in Guwahati:The locals at Baghjan, Ass... Read more
Earlier, Tinsukia Deputy Commissioner Bhaskar Pegu had sought help from the Army to construct a bridge of around 150-metre length over a water body adjacent to the blowout well in Baghjan. G... Read more
The Commission had received a complaint from one Hurojit Moran about the “pitiable” condition of the 12 relief camps which lacked food and drinking water facilities. The Assam Hu... Read more
Civil work for installation of broadband seismographs is being undertaken Umanand Jaiswal:The Assam government will be monitoring the study conducted by Jorhat-based CSIR-North East Institut... Read more
Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said maximum compensation would be given to the affected but did not specify any amount Umanand Jaiswal:The Assam government on Sunday announced a developme... Read more
The Centre on Sunday said that adequate compensation will be given to those affected by the Assam gas leak and subsequent fire, and those responsible for the incident would be appropriately... Read more
The measure was announced after 25 Guwahati residents with no travel history tested positive for the coronavirus. Abhishek Saha: Amid concerns over the spread of Covid-19 in Guwahati, the As... Read more
The flight is the eighth to be arranged by alumni of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), who have been coordinating journeys of migrants from major cities to home states sin... Read more
Green brigade cites Tamil Nadu legislation to press for steps on Baghjan Umanand Jaiswal in Guwahati:The green brigade in Assam has cited a legislation passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly to p... Read more
The blaze continues to rage for the fifth straight day Umanand Jaiswal in Guwahati:The Baghjan gas well fire in Assam has not only “almost irreversibly” harmed a wetland famed for its birds... Read more
A number of probes have already been ordered by various agencies, says court The Gauhati High Court has dismissed a PIL against PSU major Oil India, a private firm, the Centre and the state... Read more
Worryingly, the findings of this report are part of a preliminary on-site survey carried out between May 28 and June 2, before fire broke out at the Oil India Limited (OIL) well number 5. Ni... Read more
The fire continues to burn and the effect of vibrations at the surface has added to fears that people in Baghjan are still at risk. Karishma Hasnat: At least 400 workers of the Digulturrung... Read more
Area residents complain of tremors that has damaged the walls of several houses Umanand Jaiswal:Residents of the area in Assam’s Baghjan where a gas well blew out two weeks ago and where a f... Read more
Hemanta Kumar Nath: Oil India’s CMD assured the Assam government that the fire at the well site will be doused within 21 days. HIGHLIGHTS -A major blaze at a gas well of Baghjan oil fi... Read more
Prabhash K Dutta: The Oil India Ltd has said the fire in the Assam oil field may take four weeks to be brought under control. There is fear that gas leak and oil spill may have caused irrepa... Read more
TINSUKIA: Two fire fighters died as they were trying to douse a huge inferno at a gas well in Tinsukia district on Tuesday even as the fury continues to spread out of control sending statewi... Read more
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday announced that the last rites of the two firefighters killed in the Baghjan gas well incident will be held with full state honours. Condo... Read more
