NGT panel blames OIL for Baghjan blowout
The panel said, “Based on the preliminary assessment to date, the committee is of the unanimous opinion that the Well Baghjan-5 blowout and explosion was preventable”
GUWAHATI: The eight-member committee formed by the National Green Tribunal has said that a “mismatch between planning and execution” on the part of Oil India Limited led to the well blowout in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district that has caused “extensive damage” to environment, flora, fauna and people residing near the site, reports Rokibuz Zaman. The panel — headed by former Gauhati high court judge Brojendra Prasad Katakey and formed on June 24 after OIL’s well No. 5 suffered a blowout — said, “Based on the preliminary assessment to date, the committee is of the unanimous opinion that the Well Baghjan-5 blowout and explosion was preventable.”
