Assuring that the country's nuclear and missile programme will not be affected by the accidental fire at a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organsisation (DRDO) at Pune, government on Friday announced a court of inquiry to probe the incident in which six persons were killed.
There may be a minor slowdown in the Trishul Missile project. But I don't think it would affect nuclear programme which also uses high energy materials Dr V K Atre, scientific adviser to the defence minister told newsmen, a day after the fire at the country's only High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL). The Trishul missile programme is already behind schedule. Categorically ruling out explosion as the cause of the blaze, he said the court of inquiry would be headed Dr S K Salman, director Centre of Environment and Explosive Safety (CEES) and submit its report within the next four days. Two leading chemical scientists were among the six killed in the blaze which also left four injured. Bureau Report