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Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC makes oil exploration conditional

The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has set certain conditions for oil exploration in Nagaland.

Various groups in Nagaland, including the Naga National Political Groups comprising seven extremist outfits, began raising concern after Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma agreed in principle on April 22 for oil exploration in the disputed areas along the border between the two States.

NTC said there cannot be any exploration unless the boundary dispute between the two States is settled and the “defective” 2012 rules and regulations pertaining to petroleum and natural gas in Nagaland are amended to the satisfaction of the people.

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