Baghjan oil blowout noise inducing trauma
A youth organisation representing blowout-hit people at Baghjan in Assam has apprised the National Green Tribunal that the affected are experiencing “extreme mental agony and physical discomfort” due to continuous high-decibel sound and ground vibrations, with most becoming “extremely short-tempered, ill-mannered and quarrelsome.”
An Oil India Limited (OIL) gas well at Baghjan in Tinsukia district suffered a blowout on May 27. Subsequently, the well caught fire on June 9.
Over 8,000 residents and the nearby wetland and Dibru Saikhowa National Park were affected and more than 3,000 people are still living in relief camps, about 1.5km from the well.
