2 days after 8 killed in blast, ordnance unit brass shunted

NAGPUR: Two days after an explosion ripped through Ordnance Factory Bhandara (OFBA), killing eight workers, the defence manufacturing unit's brass was shunted out, reports Shishir Arya.
The parent defence PSU Munitions India Limited (MIL) issued orders on Jan 26 transferring chief general manager Sunil Sapre and two other officers to its headquarters in Pune. Sapre was replaced by D U Deshmukh as head of the unit.
Sources said the blast had hit worker confidence and many were reluctant to return to work. However, senior management officials, including those at its headquarters in Pune, said the situation at OFBA was normal. Another source confirmed there was a partial paralysis on the shop floor immediately after the blast but the situation had normalised.