Oil India Ltd cannot disown responsibility on fire incident in Assam’s Baghjan oil well: NGT
Oil India Ltd NSE 1.27 % (OIL) cannot disown its responsibility on the fire incident in Assam’s Baghjan oil well by shifting the blame on the contractor, the National Green Tribunal Friday said while constituting a fresh six-member committee to fix responsibility for the failures of the concerned individuals in the present incident. Well number 5 at Baghjan in Tinsukia district, had been spewing gas uncontrollably, and it caught fire on June 9 last year, killing two of OIL”s fire fighters at the site.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A K Goel said it “prima facie” agrees that there was failure of the OIL in taking safety precautions and there is need for ensuring that such incidents do not recur.
