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- ↑ "A blast off the top". Down to Earth.
- ↑ "Raging rig". Indian Environmental Portal.
- ↑ Menon, Amarnath K. "Krishna-Godavari basin blaze under control, but damage to ONGC's image isn't". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2020.