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IAS LIBRARY (4 July 2018) BRAINY IAS IAS LIBRARY (4 July 2018) INDEX PAKYONG AIRPORT ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 INS SUMEDHA ................................................................................................................................................................ 2 www.brainyias.com BRAINY IAS PAKYONG AIRPORT Relevancy G.S. Paper 2 Why in news? Sikkim has got its first airport– Pakyong Airport which is considered as an engineering marvel. Pakyong airport: Pakyong Airport is a Greenfield airport near Gangtok, the state capital of Sikkim, India. The airport, spread over 400 ha (990 acres), is located at Pakyong village about 35km (21.75 mi) south of Gangtok. It is the first Greenfield airport to be constructed in the Northeastern Region of India. As on date, Sikkim was the only state in India to not have an airport. The new Pakyong Airport in Sikkim is an engineering marvel as it is built at a height of 4,500 feet on inhospitable terrain. This is the first ever airport to be built in the state. Sikkim is yet to get connected by Indian Railways. The Pakyong Airport is about 60 kms away from the Indo China border. It has received aerodrome license from Directorate General of Civil Aviation for commercial operations. It is now the 100th operational airport in the country and is built as a part of the regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik). As a part of this scheme, 25 airports have been added in the past few years. The Indian Air Force has already landed its Dornier 228 aircraft at the new Pakyong airport and will be able to land other types of aircraft as well. The new airport will also prove to be a boon to tourists to Sikkim. INS SUMEDHA Relevancy G.S. Paper 2,3 Why in news? Indian Navy Ship Sumedha has been deployed in Maldives to carry out surveillance of the exclusive economic zone as a joint mission. INS Sumedha: INS Sumedha (P58) is the third Saryu class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy. It is designed and constructed indigenously by the Goa Shipyard Limited. It is designed to undertake: o Fleet support operations o Coastal and offshore patrolling o Ocean surveillance o Monitoring of sea lines of communications o Offshore assets and escort duties The vessel will undertake joint EEZ surveillance of Maldives as part of Indian navy’s ‘Mission based deployments’. www.brainyias.com BRAINY IAS The ship would undertake an operational turnaround (OTR) and Male where ship would interact and impart training to Maldives’ National Defence Forces (MNDF) personnel. INS Sumedha would also embark MNDF personnel onboard and undertake joint EEZ surveillance of Maldives. The MNDF personnel would disembark at Male, on completion of the EEZ surveillance. Write answer on brainyias.com Write in real time conditions Get your answer evaluated by experts. Artificial intelligence embedded software. Evaluation of 6 parameters. www.brainyias.com .
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