(a) whether the sheds in Bharatpur Army Depot were sufficient to store the arms and ammunitions;
(b) if not, the reasons for keeping excess ammunitions in these sheds; and
(c) the reasons for not taking any steps in time to build sufficient sheds to store the arms and ammunitions?
MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI GEORGE FERNANDES)
(a) At Ammunition Depot Bharatpur 23000 Metric
tonne of the ammunition stock was in conformity
with the capacity authorised both for open plinths
and covered storage. Because of operational
requirement, including for OP Vijay, approximately
7000 Metric tonne of ammunition was held over and
above the capacity of the Depot.
(b) & (c)