Pawan Hans helicopter crashes into Andaman Sea near Port Blair; all on board safe
A Pawan Hans chopper today experienced a short landing incident near Mayabunder, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, shortly after taken off from Port Blair.
A Pawan Hans chopper today experienced a short landing incident near Mayabunder, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, shortly after taken off from Port Blair.
The minister described this as one of the first major steps in the direction of realising the Blue Economy through India’s vast ocean resources, as envisaged and repeatedly emphasised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various development projects of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration at Sri Vijaya Puram.
Chairing the 7th meeting of the Island Development Agency (IDA) here on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the progress of ongoing development initiatives in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
The quake hit the islands at 12:53 am on Saturday.
The project for 40 electric buses is being executed by NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN Limited), a 100% subsidiary of NTPC Limited, a PSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India.
The project will enable delivery of faster and more reliable mobile and landline telecommunication services to the islands, on par with other parts of India.
'Andaman and Nicobar is at a strategic location in relation to trade and blue economy,' PM said.
The decision comes in the wake of a notification issued yesterday by Registrar General, Calcutta High Court in which several precautionary measures had been given.
The medium intensity earthquake with epicentre in the islands at a depth of 10 kilometres occurred at 6.09 am
