Overview

• ONGC’s crisis team, backed by international experts from Cudd Pressure Control, has recorded a significant drop in gas pressure after installing an 80-metre boom crane and maintaining around-the-clock water blanketing.
• Relief camps continue to feed around 750 residents displaced within a 500-metre radius, and the Assam government has approved Rs 25,000 in financial aid per affected family.
• Air quality monitoring confirms methane levels are at 97%, with no hydrocarbon traces detected beyond 30 metres from the wellhead.
• The Pollution Control Board has issued a show-cause notice accusing ONGC of operating the well without mandatory environmental clearances, giving the company 15 days to respond.
• Persistent rain and rising Dikhow River waters have tested site stability, forcing teams to relocate pump systems while dismantling rig components for the final capping operation.