One study conducted by Debojit Baruah, an ecologist, says medicinal plants and grass species would become extinct in areas close to the drilling sites. The damage caused by indiscriminate release of effluents from drilling sites could completely annihilate exotic medicinal plants and rare grass species from the areas. It is estimated that both the oil companies flare natural gas worth millions of rupees annually on the pretext of low uptake by consumers. In their hurry to exploit petroleum production, they drilled wells, which produced natural gas as well as oil. But while oil had a ready market, no thought was given as to what to do with the natural gas.
Oil companies claim they observe all prescribed safety measures.
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