Army Captain risks life while disposing explosives in US Nagar

Dehradun | Tuesday | 16th October, 2018

Summary:

The team is disposing the explosives at Amaangarh gate Feeka river in village Hajeero. It was in the morning when the 12-member team arrived at the disposal squad and soon after clearance, Captain Malik noticed remnants of few live explosives were lying uncovered in the pit dug to dispose those off. Simultaneously, 15 feet deep pits of size 25 X 25 sq ft are dug at the disposal site. We are exploding these from a distance of 700 metres using wire and detonation system,” Malik added.The army team is assisted by the local police, administration, fire department, forest department and the pollution control board. The spot was identified owing to suitable amount of sand reserves here..