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  Baghjan oil well still burning in the Tinsukia district of Assam 5 months later

  Posted by Unknown Member on 5 November 2020 at 2:27 pm

  Baghjan oil well is still burning in the Tinsukia district of Assam for five months. All methods of extinguishing the fire have been failed by Oil India Limited (OIL).

  A spokesman said “Sometimes the fires come in “Under control” but unfortunately, it raised again”. Some protesters are protesting against this incident and also some political outrage is spreading.

  The well fire photos has been the buzz on social media inside India, but has attracted very little attention outside of the country. The fire continues to pollute the surrounding environmental areas, resulting in wildlife and huge losses to property in the areas around the well site.

  The Committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has reported that the Baghjan Oil Well and 26 others were operating illegally in Assam. The NGT is under control by Supreme Court Judge Justice AK Goel.

  NGT had set up a committee to look into the Baghjpan fire incident and the committee under a former judge, BP Katakey. The committee has found that Oil wells did not have a mandatory environment clearance license and in the meantime the fire continues to burn uncontrolled as the NGT are clueless how to proceed.

  The well caught on fire on 27 May this year and three people died in the initial accident. The incident site is located next to the Dibru Saikhowa National Park in the Tinsukia district. It has been over 160 days since the incident started.

  Locals are complaining about the initial handling of the fire. The Oil company hired some unknown experts to extinguish the fire, but had no success. ONGC and OIL teams then jointly attempted to reduce the fire. Later, Alert Disaster Control based in Singapore, joined the team to control the damage to the well and environment which is still burning out of control.

  It is time for India to realize that this requires specialized equipment and skilled people to extinguish and then cap this well, until they wake up and admit defeat, the environmental disaster will continue and get worse.

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