Sitharaman hands over indigenised tank engines to army
Chennai, July 28 : Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday handed over to Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Devaraj Anbu the two variants of indigenised multi-fuel engines to power the two main battle tanks of the Army, an official statement said.
The engines are being made by the Engine Factory Avadi (EFA) in Chennai in Tamil Nadu as part of the Ordnance Factory Board under the 'Make in India' programme, a Defence Ministry statement said.
Though these engines are based on Russian design, India was dependent on Russia for certain critical assemblies like turbocharger, supercharger, fuel injection pumps and others.
These engines will be used in T-90 Bhishma and T-72 Ajeya tanks.
Now that the EFA has indigenised these critical components, it will lead to savings of Rs 33 lakh in case of one T-90 engine and Rs 9.75 lakh for one T-72 engine.
EFA General Manager Anil Kumar said the unit will attain the full indigenisation of UTD-20 engine for Sarath tank in this fiscal.
During 2018-19, EFA is geared up to cross the 800 engines target for armoured vehicles.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
