Today Indian Navy Ship Sandhayak Will Be Decommissioned

Today Indian Navy ship Sandhayak will be decommissioned, contributed to the service of the nation for 40 years.

Today Indian Navy ship Sandhyak will be decommissioned today. The decommissioning ceremony of INS Sandhyak will be held at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam after serving the nation for 40 years.

Due to the Corona protocol, only in-station officers and sailors will be able to attend this important ceremony. The corona protocol will be strictly followed during the program.

Due to the Corona protocol, only in-station officers and sailors will be able to attend this important ceremony. The corona protocol will be strictly followed during this program.

The ship was envisioned by the then Chief Hydrographer, Rear Admiral FL Fraser, who also designed and built this hydrographic survey vessel in India.

Let us inform you that after the design was finalized by the Naval Headquarters, the construction of this ship started in the year 1978 at GRSE Kolkata by laying the keel.

The ship was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 26 February 1981 by Vice Admiral MK Roy, the then Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command (ENC).

According to media reports, the ship has been the alma-mater since its commissioning. It has also played a very important role in laying the foundation for complete hydrographic coverage of peninsular waters.

Designing the ship was a major success, which paved the way for recent modifications to all survey ships of the Indian Navy.

According to the report, while in service, the ship has carried out about 200 major hydrographic surveys and played a role in several minor surveys along the east-west coasts of the country, the Andaman Sea, and also in neighboring countries.

A total of 17 pilots of Air India, Indigo, and Vistara airlines died of corona in May.

In May last, a total of 17 pilots of Air India, Indigo, and Vistara airlines died due to corona infection. According to aviation sector sources, 10 pilots of IndiGo and two pilots of Vistara have died.

According to Air India, five of its senior pilots have died of the corona. These include Captain Harsh Tiwari, Captain GPS Gill, Captain Prasad Karmakar, Captain Sandeep Rana, and Captain Amitesh Prasad.

IndiGo said that out of the total 35,000 eligible employees, about 20 thousand employees have been given the first dose of the vaccine. He did not say anything about the death of the pilots.

In the first wave of the pandemic, only a few IndiGo pilots were infected, while in the second wave around 450 pilots fell ill.

Private airlines like Vistara and Air Asia India have so far administered the first dose of vaccine to 99 and 96 percent of their eligible personnel, respectively.

Meanwhile, Air India has started immunization of its employees from May 15 after a delay due to the non-availability of vaccines.