Why conduct oil and gas drilling at all in the first place, especially when only "exploratory drilling" is permitted, and no commercial activity is allowed in the Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary ?

It is home to :
→The only apes in India, 
→Only nocturnal primate found in the northeast Indian states. 
→Stump-tailed macaque, 
→Northern pig-tailed macaque, →Eastern Assamese macaque, 
→Rhesus macaque, 
→Capped langur. 
→Indian elephants, 
→Tigers, leopards, jungle cats, 
→Wild boar, 
→Three types of civet, 
→Four types of squirrel, and 
→Several other types of mammal. 
→At least 219 species of bird and 
→Several types of snake

Photo :  Udayan Borthakur@byadavbjp @Suparnastar