Assam pollution control board seeks Baghjan shut down, OIL plans to move court

Watchdog cites damages to ecology, violations of environmental acts

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2020)

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Baghjan blowout verdict: NGT flags violations by OIL, offers respite to affected

Blowout, fire could have been prevented by OIL, said eight-member committee of experts 

Three OIL exploration proposals up for consideration in Assam even as Baghjan smoulders

While clearance for Baghjan was opposed by locals during public hearings, such dissent will amount to nothing with the three proposed projects

Assam fire: MB Lal Committee recommendations not implemented for a decade

One of the recommendations, of building emergency response centres to handle major oil fires was to be completed in 2014

Baghjan blowout, fire could have been prevented: Report

There were deviations from standard operating procedure and deficiency in understanding gravity of operations, the report submitted to the NGT said

Assam gas leak: NGT orders OIL to pay Rs 25 cr, forms high-level committee

An oil-and-gas well, owned by OIL, at Upper Assam’s Baghjan village caught fire on June 9, after leaking for a fortnight

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 28, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal