Leaves of most trees at Baghjan village in Assam’s Tinsukia district have dried and the fire from Oil India Limited’s (OIL) gas well that lit up the oil and gas condensate on June 9 burnt down the crops and grasslands around it.
“Most of our cattle are missing and even if there are a few still in the village, there is no grass around to feed them. They don’t eat the fodder provided by the government. Most villagers have left their homes and even if the fire in the well periphery has stopped, we can’t stay here due to the intense heat from the still burning well,” Abhiraj Mohan, a resident of Baghjan village, where the gas well first blowout on May 27 and caught fire 13-days later told DH on Monday.
