GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apprise him about the current status related to yesterday’s explosion and fire at gas well No. 5 in Baghjan oil fields in Tinsukia district of Assam .The Prime Minister assured all help for the people in the affected area, the CM office here informed
The CM also talked over phone with Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan yesterday after the receiving information about the explosion and the resultant fire in the area. He also attended a video conference in the evening with the Union Petroleum Minister, officers of the Petroleum Ministry and the foreign experts who came from Singapore to gauge the actual ground situation. Pradhan had assured that adequate compensation would be provided to those affected in the incident apart from extending all help, he said.
Informing the PM that the intensity of fire has decreased since yesterday, Sonowal said that the foreign experts have expressed optimism that fire would be controlled and they have sought a few days for the same.
Union Petroleum Minister, along with the experts of the ministry, was monitoring the whole situation and the experts of OIL, ONGC would be able to bring the situation under control soon, he said.
Meanwhile, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah in response to Assam CM’s request for keeping the air and ground forces ready for carrying out relief and rescue operations at Baghjan, assured of all help in this regard.
