Tinsukia

3,000 Assam Villagers On Protest For Over A Month, District Office Mobbed

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday January 22, 2021

For more than a month now, nearly all residents of two Upper Assam villages - Laika and Dodhia - comprising around 3,000 people have been camping in the state's Tinsukia town, next to the deputy collector's office.

Assam Oil Well Fire Put Out After Herculean Effort Over 5 Months

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Sunday November 15, 2020

More than five months after the Baghjan gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district burst into flames after a blowout that killed three people and is believed to have caused great damage to the region's rich ecology, the fire has been finally doused.

Assam Journalist Dies In Hit-And-Run, Chief Minister Orders Probe

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday November 13, 2020

The Assam government has ordered a probe after a senior rural journalist from Tinsukia district, Parag Bhuyan, and brother of former Assam minister Jagadish Bhuyan, died in a hospital on Thursday after he was knocked down by a speeding vehicle under "mysterious circumstances" on Wednesday near his house at Kakopathar, 550 km east of Guwahati.

Locals Block Road To Assam's Oil Well Blowout Site Over Compensation Delay

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday September 17, 2020

Locals in Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district today blocked the road leading to the gas well of Oil India Limited which had suffered a blowout on May 27 and subsequently caught fire on June 9.

Engineer Dies Of Electrocution At Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Site

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 10, 2020

An engineer of PSU major Oil India lost his life due to high voltage electric shock on Wednesday when he was working at the company's damaged gas well in Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district, officials said.

Fire At Assam Oil Well Not Spreading, Says District Administration

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 3, 2020

The district administration of Tinsukia in Assam on Sunday denied reports that the blaze in Baghjan gas well has spread to other areas, and said that a fire in a farmland, about two km away from the Oil India Limited's site, was caused by burning of bushes.

Assam: Pollution Control Board Withdraws Closure Notice To Oil India

India News | ANI | Tuesday June 23, 2020

The Pollution Control Board, Assam, on Monday, has withdrawn the closure notice which directed Oil India Limited (OIL) to "close down" all production and drilling operations of all the installations of Baghjan oilfield in Tinsukia district.

Assam Fire: Oil India To Legally Challenge Pollution Body's Closure Order

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday June 22, 2020

The state-owned Oil India Limited (OIL), which owns and operates gas well no.5 in Baghjan Oilfield that caught fire on June 9 after leaking gas "uncontrollably" since a blowout on May 27, is mulling legal recourse to challenge the "closure notice" by the Pollution Control Board, Assam, or the PCBA.

Blockades Lifted, Operations Resume At Gas Wells In Assam's Baghjan

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 22, 2020

Oil India Limited on Sunday said most of its wells in Assam's Baghjan, which were shut due to protests by locals over a fire at a gas well after a days-long blowout, have resumed operations following a meeting with a representative body of residents mediated by the Tinsukia district administration.

PM Reviews Assam Oil Well Fire, Says Develop Expertise To Avoid Future Accidents

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 19, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the situation arising out of the oil well blow out in Assam's Tinsukia district and pressed for capacity development of organisations to prevent such mishaps in the future.

Foreign Experts Roped In To Control Oil Well Fire: Assam Chief Minster

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 15, 2020

Assam Chief Minster Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday said the government is taking help of experts from Singapore, Australia, America and Canada to control the fire in a gas well in Tinsukia district.

Experts Submit Plan To Control Assam Gas Well Fire To Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 12, 2020

Experts including those from Singapore have submitted a detailed draft plan to control the fire in a gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district has been submitted to the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gases, Public sector undertakings (PSU) major Oil India Limited (OIL) said in a statement.

Environmentalists Fear Long-Term Impact Of Oil Well Fire On Assam Biodiversity

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 12, 2020

The raging fire at an oil well in Assam's Tinsukia district has caused irreversible damage to the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park and the Maguri Motapung wetland area besides jeopardising livelihood of people dependent on the land, conservationists said on Friday.

Assam Chief Minister Orders High-Level Probe Into Massive Fire Due To Gas Leak At Oil Well

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 11, 2020

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today ordered a high-level inquiry into the circumstances that led to a blowout at a gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in Tinsukia district and a subsequent fire that killed two persons.

Army Cordons Off Oil Well Fire Site In Assam, Firefighting Ops Continue

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday June 11, 2020

The Army has cordoned off the site of a big oil well fire in Assam's Tinsukia district. The Oil India Ltd's site had been leaking gas for 14 days before it caught fire on Tuesday. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force along with the local authorities are trying to contain the fire.