Guwahati, June 18 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to take swift and decisive action in response to the gas leak that has persisted for six days at an ONGC rig site in Bhatiyapara, located in the Sivasagar district.

On Wednesday, CM Sarma took to X (formerly Twitter) to express concern about the situation. "I conveyed our concerns about the Barichuk gas blowout to Hon'ble Union Minister Shri @HardeepSPuri ji," he wrote. "I have requested that he direct @ONGC_ to intensify its well control operations on a mission mode to prevent the situation from deteriorating further."

In his letter to the Union Minister, Sarma pointed out that despite ONGC's current efforts, such as water blanketi...