Congress MP from Jorhat, Gaurav Gogoi, has expressed strong opposition to the Assam forest department’s approval of Vedanta Ltd’s plan for exploratory oil and gas drilling in the Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, which could jeopardize the habitat of the endangered hoolock gibbon, a species already at risk. Gogoi argues that drilling could have detrimental effects on the … Continue reading Gaurav Gogoi opposes plan for oil and gas exploration in Assam’s hoolock gibbon habitat, writes to Union Minister