Assam: After directing OIL to shutter Baghjan ops, pollution control board withdraws notice
Three days after directing Oil India Ltd (OIL) to shut down all operations in Upper Assam’s Baghjan oilfield, the Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) has withdrawn its closure notice.
Over the last month, the Baghjan oilfield has become the sight of a disaster after one of its wells — located close to the Dibru-Saikhowa national park — caught fire two weeks back, following a blowout on May 27.
A release from OIL on Monday said: “Chairman PCBA spoke to CMD-OIL today and the Closure Notice is in the process of being lifted.”
The decision to withdraw the notice comes a day after Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said authorities need to be “more sensible”, when asked about the matter in a press conference in Dibrugarh.
