“We are going to ensure that whatever causes we will find, appropriate measures will be taken to ensure that such events will not take place. A higher level of safety will be incorporated,” the Defence Secretary (R&D) said.
One person was killed and two injured in an accident at a site of under-construction nuclear submarine at Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam on March 8.
DRDO chief had ordered for an inquiry into the accident onboard the follow-up submarine of warship INS Arihant.
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 ship building centre.
