Overview

• The gas leak at ONGC’s Rudrasagar oil field well RDS-147 has persisted since June 12 as its crisis management team works to seal the blowout.
• About 70 families have been relocated to a relief camp in Bhati Bongaon where officials provide food, clean water, medical aid and livestock care.
• Health camps have screened over 380 residents, documenting cases of fever, gastritis, diarrhea and fungal infections among nearly 1,500 affected people.
• Members of Asomiya Yuba Mancha protested on June 16, accusing ONGC of safety lapses and demanding government intervention and compensation for evacuees.
• Officials revealed that the incident led to discovery of a major gas reservoir in Bhatiapar-Barichuk capable of meeting Assam’s needs for the next 25 years.