Recently, Indian Prime Minister raised some serious questions about the security of Pakistani Nuclear Sites in his discussion with media during his visit to United States of America. According to Hindustran Times:
Manmohan Singh expressed his concern and worry about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, and the possibility of it falling into wrong hands.
“We worry about these contingencies. But, we have been assured by the United States, the Americans,” said Singh.
Indian Prime Minister left no stone unturned to fully utilize his visit to US to malign Pakistan. However, few days after the tall claims [Source: Hindustan Times] made by Indian PM, India authorities were forced to sound an alarm for possible terrorist attack on their nuclear site. According to Times of India story:
The Centre (India) has on the basis of fresh intelligence input put nuclear installations across the country on high alert. Though the input is specifically meant for Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Trombay (Mumbai), the alerts have been sent to all the states having nuclear plants. They have been asked to step up patrolling and vigil around the facilities as a precautionary measure.
Besides putting BARC on highest alert, the government has also directed the Navy, Coast Guard and all other security agencies to take precautionary measures to protect such installations as most of them are located on the coast.
However, the event of yesterday proved that Indian nuclear sites are vulnerable to sabotage activities when some well placed insider poisoned more then 55 workers in state-run Kaiga atomic power plant in Indian state of Karnataka. The incident has been termed “Sabotage” by Indian media itself in the following words of Hindustan Times.
The radiation leakage in the state-run Kaiga atomic power plant in Karnataka could be an act of sabotage, a top official said on Sunday. A probe has been ordered into the incident by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).
“Preliminary enquiry does not reveal any violation of operating procedures or radioactivity releases or security breach. It is possibly an act of mischief,” NPCIL Chairman and Managing Director SK Jain said in a statement.
He said radioactive contamination of the water cooler located outside the reactor building is “a matter of concern and the cause (of the leakage) is being investigated”.
Since the incident was detected five days ago, the water cooler – which was identified as the source of radiation leakage – has been isolated and put out of service, Jain said.
In New Delhi, Minister of Science & Technology Prithviraj Chavan confirmed the “sabotage” at the nuclear plant and said a high-level probe has been ordered.
“It could be the handiwork of a disgruntled employee and we are awaiting the results of the inquiry,” Chavan told journalists.
Carefully reading the statement of Indian Minister of Sciences and Technology, Chavan, who termed this incident a work of “disgruntled employee” is a cause of major concerns. Such disgruntled employees, with ready access to Indian nuclear plants sensitive areas, can cause havoc in the region. These disgruntled employees can leak the radio radioactive element tritium and help any Indian fanatic group to make a dirty nuclear bomb for possible use against any target. Such a scenario might even lead to a nuclear war between the arch rival India and Pakistan since both countries will blame each other if any nuclear related attack take place on their soil. The said incident should raise eye brows in USA and Europe, whose governments are providing full nuclear support to India. A recent debate by Canadian media is just the starting point for a healthy debate on the security of Indian nuclear sites and their arsenal. According to Hindustan Times:
Even as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resolved to deepen bilateral ties, the Canadian media says a nuclear deal could be risky because of terrorist threats to India’s sites. They cite the recent alert at India’s nuclear facilities as a warning to the Canadian government that is keen to clinch the deal.
In their reports, the Canadian journalists, who even spell the name of one of the most known faces of the 20th century as Ghandi (for Mahatma Gandhi), have also raked up the past – that India cannot be trusted because it appropriated their nuclear technology to make nuclear bombs.
The Indian media should highlight this incident and initiate a healthy debate on the possible consequences of such incidents to the geo political security of the region. Such disgruntled employees inside Indian nuclear power plants can cause the First Nuclear War between the two South Asian nations. It is time that international community stop blaming Pakistan and focus its attention to where it is rightly deserved.
Note: Only Indian news sources have been quoted for writing this blog post. Our Indian readers have blamed us for using Pakistani news sources and termed them bias. Therefore, we hope that quoting Indian sites will open their eyes to the bitter reality
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Dear MJK,
I must say thanks for this post. I think it will be enough for all the Indians to open their eyes.
Well Versed mate, nuclear proliferation is a global issue and so is the threat of having a “broken arrow”, last year’s mumbai mayhem happened at just about the walking distance of one of India’s most prestigious nuclear installation, Indian security establishment should consider to bring order at their home instead of declaring concerns over Pakistani nuclear assets.