Oil India Limited (OIL) has drawn up a compensation plan for the villagers affected by the blowout at one of its natural gas-producing well in Tinsukia district of Assam. The detailed beneficiary list with names and bank account details will be prepared by the district administration,” an OIL spokesperson said from the company headquarters at Duliajan in Dibrugarh district. A larger compensation package is expected after a consultant company engaged by OIL submits its environmental impact assessment report. The CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, and the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, have also been asked to conduct detailed impact assessment studies. The spokesperson said three experts from Alert Disaster Control, Singapore, would reach the site on June 7.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2020 19:51 UTC