Guwahati: People
of the Kokrajhar district of Assam have suddenly started felting the smell of gas which
has triggered widespread tension among the people.
Soon after the incident people took Facebook and started posting about the incident saying it was dangerous.
"Feeling of Gas Smell in Fakiragram Town…….. and also got some message on Facebook that smell in Kokrajhar too…So please be aware and try to get the reason??? As concentration is so high……Aware….Aware…….," a Facebook user wrote.
Another one wrote, "I can get some smell like gas leakage in Kokrajhar town, and many of my friends to have felt it. What may be the reason?"
An official from the Kokrajhar administration has said that they have informed Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd in Dhaligaon regarding the matter and directed to take necessary measures.
The official informed that a team would soon be reached in the Kokrajhar to ascertain the reason.
The official also informed that they have been issued an alert to the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) personnel.
"We have received no information regarding leakage from any gas tanker in the town," the official said.
Earlier, the Supreme Court of India constituted a new five-member committee headed by former Gauhati High Court Judge Justice BP Katakey in the Baghjan blowout case on Thursday. The apex court nullified the committee constituted earlier by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in February this year. The new committee will assess the damage and restoration of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park (DSNP) and Maguri-Motapung Wetland, even as OIL objected to the appointment of Justice Katakey as chairperson of the reconstituted committee.
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