Aftermath of Baghjan inferno: Tremors continue to jolt people in Doomdooma

A CORRESPONDENT

DOOMDOOMA: The tremor that started in the aftermath of the Baghjan inferno on June 9, continues to engulf more and more areas with every passing day and things have now come to such a pass that it has almost touched the periphery of Doomdooma town, about 20 km away from the place of accident.

The houses in Rupban and Daimukhia near Doomdooma town on one hand and Bishnu Nagar and Milan Tirtha in Rupaisiding on the other were jolted continuously for last couple of days, thus making people panic. They ascribed this to the Baghjan fire because according to them when the sound of the blaze increases correspondingly, there is increase in the intensity of the jolt.

Mrigen Saikia, a retired teacher and a resident of Milantirtha, Rupaisiding, said, "We have been feeling the jolt for past few days. It shakes our houses and a clear sound of vibration can be heard on the roof as well as in the window panes of my house. The vibration becomes more during morning time, especially when it rains. Again the intensity of it increases the moment we hear increase in the blowout sound coming from Baghjan side."

Almost similar experiences were narrated by former president of Daimukhia Gaon Panchayat, Abhay Khataniar and teacher Subrata Chakraborty who live in Rupban, 2 km away from Doomdooma town. They further said that had to spend sleepless nights for the last couple of days as their minds were constantly haunted by fear of tremor and the sound of the Baghjan blaze.

Just after the inferno took place on June 9 after spewing of gas at BGR No. 5 OIL well at Baghjan on May 27, the people of Natungaon, Natun Rongajan and some other places on Guinan side in the vicinity of the aforesaid gas well had to be shifted to relief camps as they experienced continuous tremor in their villages. To ascertain the cause of this tremor, Oil India Limited (OIL) has engaged CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat. Already CSIR-NEIST has set up five sensors and one accelerometer for seismological study in the vicinity of Baghjan-5 well. But final inference of that is yet to come out. 

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