PTI reported that Indian Army’s bomb disposal team conducted a mammoth task, Operation Tiruvallur, wherein approximately 15 tonnes of live, unexploded ordnance along with iron and steel scrap were destroyed in two phases in Tiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu. The destruction of about 10 tonnes of unexploded shells happened in March and the remaining 5 tonne shells were destroyed during the third week of September. The exercise was carried out at identified blasting sites in Gummidipoondi and Sholingur in Tiruvallur District. It involved the dangerous task of retrieving, transporting and blasting these bombs in controlled blastsIt is reported that unused ammunition from the Iran-Iraq war was seized from 12 scrap units in and around Gummidipoondi in 2008. The ammunition came mixed with iron scrap imported from Saudi Arabia. It came to light after some of the explosives blasted in a well where the plants dumped them in 2008. Sipcot police registered two cases about the incident and seized 1,628 explosive materials including rocket launchers weighing about seven tonnes.The bomb disposal team of the Army cleared these unstable and dangerous munitions with skill, precision and dexterity while also ensuring the safety of the local population in close coordination with the civil administration
PTI reported that Indian Army’s bomb disposal team conducted a mammoth task, Operation Tiruvallur, wherein approximately 15 tonnes of live, unexploded ordnance along with iron and steel scrap were destroyed in two phases in Tiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu. The destruction of about 10 tonnes of unexploded shells happened in March and the remaining 5 tonne shells were destroyed during the third week of September. The exercise was carried out at identified blasting sites in Gummidipoondi and Sholingur in Tiruvallur District. It involved the dangerous task of retrieving, transporting and blasting these bombs in controlled blastsIt is reported that unused ammunition from the Iran-Iraq war was seized from 12 scrap units in and around Gummidipoondi in 2008. The ammunition came mixed with iron scrap imported from Saudi Arabia. It came to light after some of the explosives blasted in a well where the plants dumped them in 2008. Sipcot police registered two cases about the incident and seized 1,628 explosive materials including rocket launchers weighing about seven tonnes.The bomb disposal team of the Army cleared these unstable and dangerous munitions with skill, precision and dexterity while also ensuring the safety of the local population in close coordination with the civil administration
