Current Affairs - State - Discussion

Public Sector Undertaking major Oil India Ltd informed that the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change gave environmental clearance for extension drilling and testing of hydrocarbons at 7 locations inside the Assam's Dibru-Saikhowa National Park from about 1.5 km distance outside the boundary of the forest with the help of the Extended Reach Drilling technology by which can reach the target depth of around 3.5 km beneath the surface of the National Park without carrying out any drilling activity inside the National Park .