Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu visited the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant that is being constructed at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), on Sunday.He was given a detailed brief of the vessel by Madhu S. Nair, Chairman and Managing Director of CSL, who explained about the yard’s capabilities and strengths, it’s contributions in developing indigenous technologies and in creating world-class capabilities. Indian Navy personnel too made a detailed presentation about the vessel and its capabilities.Mr Naidu visited its hangar deck and the flight deck. He was accompanied by Governor Arif Mohammed d Khan, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve and Rear Admiral Antony George, Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command.
Lakshadweep
In Lakshadweep, he inaugurated a 50,000 litres per day capacity sea water reverse osmosis plant at Bangaram, which was commissioned by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) with the support of Lakshadweep PWD.This is second of its kind plant commissioned by NIOT in these islands. The first plant with a capacity of 25,000 litres per day had been commissioned at Bitra Island in 2014-15. The flow rate of intake pumping system is around 5 litres per second, while the recovery ratio of the RO plant is around 25%. A system is in place to protect the eco system around the plant, says an official release.