Foundation stone laid at BDL for Environmental Testing Facility

‘This will be a state-of-the-art facility in the country’

Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command, on Friday laid the foundation stone for establishing Environmental Testing Facility at the Visakhapatnam unit of Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). Speaking on the occasion, Commodore (Retd) Siddharth Mishra, CMD, BDL, stated, “The facility will be first of its kind in the country and will contribute towards the further realisation of ‘Atmanirbharta’ in the Defence sector. The facility, once operational, will enhance BDL’s capability in the testing infrastructure for torpedoes and underwater weapons.”