Assam: Oil India Ltd activities disrupted in Tinsukia due to blockade
The organisations stated that the 24-hour blockade was called because of police action against protesters in Tinsukia's Baghjan area on July 24.
By Avik Chakraborty
TINSUKIA:
The 24-hour oil blockade called by six indigenous organisations of Moran community on Monday disrupted Oil India Limited (OIL)'s drilling and production activities in Tinsukia.
The organisations stated that the 24-hour blockade was called because of police action against protesters in Tinsukia's Baghjan area on July 24.
On July 24, a group of 400 villagers agitating against the non-payment of compensation relating to the Baghjan oil well blowout incident were injured during lathi-charge.
Police had to use force to evict the people who had been blocking the strategic link road leading to the Baghajan oil field area of Oil India Limited since the last one week. Four policemen were also injured during stone pelting by the protesters.
General secretary of the All Moran Students' Union (AMSU) Munin Duarah on Monday said, "We have called the oil blockade programme along with 5 other Moran organisations to protest against the unprovoked lathi charge and firing by the police.
The protests started beacuse OIL is yet to give full compensation to the victims of the Baghjan fire.
OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika said, "The 24-hour oil blockade has hampered production activities at oilfields in Tinsukia district. Almost 60% of OIL's production comes from Tinsukia district. We are estimating a loss of 500-600 kilolitres of crude oil due to the blockade."
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