Bishalgarh, May 07, 2024, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Bishalgarh, May 07: Tension triggered among the villagers of Lalsingmura Mandabkilla village and ONGC staff on Tuesday after the villagers worried over its negative impact had objected to the ONGC’s gas exploration drilling project in the village.

According to the villagers, tension among them began from Monday onward, after some ONGC staff visited their village for blasting activity related to drilling for gas exploration. The villagers complained that the ONGC had filed a case with the police station against four villagers for objecting to their work.

The villagers further complained that staff of ONGC accompanied by police and TSR jawans had yet again visited the village on Tuesday to forcefully do the blasting as part of their project.

“We are in big trouble as the ONGC staff is adamant to their decision of doing blasting for gas exploration in our village. We objected to this as the blasting would develop cracks in our houses, which already happened earlier in some of the houses in our village. This would also have a negative impact on our agricultural field,” said one of the agitated villagers.

On being asked about their demand, the villagers said that, “We do not demand anything, instead we are agitating to object to the ONGC’s gas exploration drilling work in our village.”