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MANIPUR : A public hearing held on Wednesday at Sibapurikhal in Churachandpur district of Manipur on oil exploration in the state failed to clear the roadblock to a proposed project.
The public hearing was organised by the Manipur Pollution Control Board at the Sibapurikhal community hall where various social organizations representing the ethnic groups of the state opposed the proposed oil exploration programme by an overseas company. The hearing was organised with specific reference to seismic aspects of oil exploration and drilling in the state.
Jubilant Oil and Gas Pvt Ltd, based in the Netherlands, was offered exploration rights in two blocks of Manipur by the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas in 2009 for 3,957 sq km in the...