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Baghjan: President’s Fire Service Medal for Gallantry to Durlabh Gogoi, Tikheswar Gohain

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GUWAHATI: The two fire fighters of Oil India Limited (OIL) who lost their lives in the Baghjan gas well leak in Assam’s Tinuskia district have been selected for President’s Fire Service Medal for Gallantry 2020.

The deceased fire fighters Durlabh Gogoi and Tikheswar Gohain have been chosen posthumously for the prestigious awards for their supreme sacrifice to cap the devastating fire at Baghjan oil well in Tinsukia. The award will be presented to their families.

“Durlabh Gogoi and Tikheswar Gohain were two dedicated employees of Oil India. Our chairman and managing director Sushil Chandra Mishra has announced them as martyrs. The government of India has honoured the two firefighters with President’s Fire Service Medal for Gallantry. It is a matter of pride for us,” said OIL resident chief executive Dilip Kumar Das.

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