OUR CORRESPONDENT
TINSUKIA: The affected families of Baghjan blowout lifted their indefinite oil blockade on Thursday following bipartite negotiation with Oil India Limited (OIL) at OIL Headquarters in Duliajan.
The residents had been resorting to the stir since Tuesday. After the compensation issue was disposed off by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the activists of Baghjan Gaon Milanjyoti Yuva Sangha (BGMYS) were left in despair.
The blockade has been lifted on the condition that certain adjustments would be made after the Tinsukia district administration submits its final field-survey report which is at the completion stage.
Mentionably, apart from the actual victims of Baghjan several pressure groups backed by students organizations and political lobbies attempted to squeeze OIL for money on compensation plea. However during the initial days of blowout, they succeeded in making the district officials carry out preliminary survey works at the affected areas. Th
Baghjan villagers resort to blockade; talks with OIL today
The villagers of Baghjan, affected due to gas blowout from an oil well, resorted to indefinite oil blockade from Tuesday due to alleged non-payment of full compensation to them.
A CORRESPONDENT
DOOMDOOMA: The villagers of Baghjan, affected due to gas blowout from an oil well, resorted to indefinite oil blockade from Tuesday due to alleged non-payment of full compensation to them.
In a joint statement to the media issued by the president and the secretary of the Baghjan Gaon Milanjyoti Yuva Sangha (BGMYS), Satyajit Moran and Tikhnajit Hazarika respectively stated that they (the affected villagers of Baghjan) were not fully satisfied with the judgement pronounced by National Green Tribunal (NGT) on February 19.