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Published August 8, 2012
India lost about Rs.710 crore ($140 million) worth of arms and ammunition in five incidents of fire at three ordnance depots in the last five years.Defence Minister A.K. Antony said this in a written reply in parliament.
"During the last five years, fire incidents have taken place in three ordnance ammunition depots. The loss due to these incidents has been estimated as Rs.710 crore approximately," he said.
He said separate court of inquiries had been conducted in each of these incidents but no individual was found guilty.
These fires took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Khundroo depot in August 2007, in Bhuj depot in Gujarat in December 2008 and at the Panagarh depot in West Bengal in 2010.
$140 mn lost in ordnance depot fires in India | idrw.org
India lost about Rs.710 crore ($140 million) worth of arms and ammunition in five incidents of fire at three ordnance depots in the last five years.Defence Minister A.K. Antony said this in a written reply in parliament.
"During the last five years, fire incidents have taken place in three ordnance ammunition depots. The loss due to these incidents has been estimated as Rs.710 crore approximately," he said.
He said separate court of inquiries had been conducted in each of these incidents but no individual was found guilty.
These fires took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Khundroo depot in August 2007, in Bhuj depot in Gujarat in December 2008 and at the Panagarh depot in West Bengal in 2010.
$140 mn lost in ordnance depot fires in India | idrw.org