In yet another accident involving the Navy, one civilian worker was killed and two were injured in an accident at the under-construction nuclear submarine at the ship building centre of Eastern Naval Command late on Saturday.
The incident took place when the pressure of the hydraulic tank of the Arihant class submarine was being tested and the tank’s lid fell on the workers of l&T at Building-5 of the shipbuilding centre, Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Avinash Chander told PTI. He said one worker “unfortunately lost his life” in the incident.
Police sources said 24-year-old Amar was killed on the spot while Amzad Khan and Vishnu were seriously injured and admitted to a private hospital in the city. The under-construction nuclear submarine was a follow-up of the Navy’s warship INS Arihant. Chander said an inquiry has been ordered into the incident and maintained there was no setback to the programme for development of Arihant class submarines. Saturday’s incident came a day after leakage of a deadly gas in an under-construction warship in Mumbai’s Mazgaon dock claimed the life of a Navy Commander.