SIVASAGAR, Nov 27: Thousands of youth activists of the All India Youth Federation (AIYF) and All India Students’ Federation (AISF) today staged a demonstration at the Nazira based ONGC Assam Asset headquarters to protest against the reported move of the government to create a separate subsidiary of the Navaratna Company for the oil and gas resources of Assam.
The demonstrators also brought out a rally in Nazira town to protest the government’s move and handed over a memorandum to the ONGC authorities demanding the fulfilment of their nine charter demands.
In the memorandum, the protesters, while demanding the immediate withdrawal of the reported move of the government to create a separate subsidiary by ONGC for the oil and gas resources within Assam, also demanded to the government to abstain from selling oil and gas fields of Assam to private companies.
The protesters also demanded to the ONGC authorities to take necessary steps to increase production in its Assam oil and gas fields.
They also demanded more jobs to local people and to increase the employee strength in the Assam Asset to 11,000 from the present strength of 7,000.
The memorandum further demanded the immediate implementation of the Rs 4,200 crore Assam Renewal Project and to take steps for utilization of Uranium, discovered in the oil fields of Assam for the nations development and security.
Speaking to The Sentinel, AIYF district secretary Rebakanta Mili said that the government’s move to hive off ONGC’s oil and gas assets in Assam from the main company threatens to hamper the economy of the district.
“We shall be bound to initiate further demonstrations in the future if our demands are not met,” he said. THE SENTINEL
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