New Delhi July 21 (IANS) Ships and submarines of the Indian Navy were involved in 38 accidents from 2007 to 2016 which adversely impacted the operations of the force says a CAG report.
The accidents were primarily attributable to fire explosions or flooding it said.
"These accidents led to a loss of two Naval ships and one submarines in addition to loss of precious lives " said the report by the official auditor tabled in parliament on Thursday.
It noted that the Navy since inception has no institutionalised framework to deal with safety issues and a dedicated organisation for dealing with this was set up only in 2014 but awaits Government s sanction.
According to the CAG report among the inadequacies noticed by the audit are inadequacies in implementation of recommendations of boards of inquiry delayed creation of a safety organistion and lack of manpower/expertise for analysis of accidents/incidents.
It also said that non-availability of the defence systems onboard the fleet tankers since their delivery in 2011 rendered them vulnerable to external threats.
"Non-promulgation of safety equipments allowance list failure to carry out mandatory drills inaffective monetary mechanism for the liquidation of material issues are also the major reasons " said the report.
Stating that there also were training related factors the CAG report pointed out that deficient study and analysis of incidents/accidents by Collision and Grounding Analysis Cell were also contributing to the increasing accidents.
--IANS
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