Newly commissioned ICGS Vikram arrives at Mangaluru base
Mangaluru: Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Vikram, the first in class of seven new generation offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built by Larsen and Toubro, has arrived at its base port in Mangaluru on Sunday.
Contracted by Ministry of Defence (MoD) in March 2015 under government's initiative of ‘Make in India', the OPV was commissioned by union minister of state for defense Subash Bhamre at Kattupalli near Chennai on 11 April 2018 in the presence of DG Rajendra Singh, Director General, ICG.
The defense ship, after its keel was laid in March 2016, was completed in just 25 months of build period including trials and commissioning. The commissioning of indigenously designed and built ICGS Vikram has rendered a befitting curtain-raiser to ‘Make in India' theme of DEFEXPO, which is being organised in Chennai.
The vessel which is approximately 97m long, 15m wide, has 3.6m draught, 2140 tone displacement and a range of 5,000 NM. It can attain a sustained speed of up to 26 knots. The OPVs are built with Integrated Platform Management System to enable unique control capabilities generally integrated into larger warships like frigates and destroyers.
The ship is also designed to carry one Twin Engine Light Helicopter and stage through of twin-engine heavy helicopter with night flying capabilities. It also has the capabilities to carry pollution response equipment to contain oil spill contamination at sea.
Vikram meaning ‘Valour' with a complement of 14 Officers and 88 men is commanded by Commandant Rajkamal Sinha.
The arrival of ICGS Vikram at Mangalore will be a significant milestone in augmenting the maritime security of Karnataka. The ship will enhance Indian Coast Guard's operational capabilities to discharge various naval tasks on Western Seaboard in general and the Maritime States of Karnataka in particular.
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RJD surprise element in J’khand polls, party candidates leading in 5 of 6 assembly seats
Ranchi(PTI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has emerged as a surprise element in the Jharkhand assembly elections with its candidates leading in five of the six seats where the party is contesting, according to trends available on the Election Commission's website on Saturday.
RJD candidates in five assembly seats were leading over sitting BJP legislators.
In 2019, RJD had secured only the Chatra seat where its nominee Satyanand Bhokta won.
In Deoghar, RJD’s Suresh Paswan was leading by 19,581 votes over his nearest rival and BJP's sitting MLA Narayan Das after the third round of counting.
RJD’s Sanjay Prasad Yadav was ahead by 19,867 votes in Godda over BJP MLA Amit Kumar Mandal after the sixth round of counting.
In Koderma, RJD nominee Subhash Prasad Yadav, who was out on bail, was leading by a margin of 3,471 votes over BJP’s sitting legislator Neera Yadav.
Subhas Prasad Yadav, considered to be one of the close aides of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court in a money laundering case.
Party’s Naresh Prasad Singh was leading by 5,159 votes after the fourth round of counting over BJP’s Bishrampur MLA Ramchandra Chandravanshi.
RJD's Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav was also leading from Hussainabad by 8,213 votes after the fourth round of counting over BJP MLA Kamlesh Kumar Singh.
Party’s candidate Rashmi Prakash, however, was trailing from Chatra by 3,776 votes.
Bhokta did not contest the elections this time, and his daughter-in-law Prakash was given a ticket.
