BRAINY IAS IAS LIBRARY (4 July 2018)

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PAKYONG AIRPORT ...... 2 INS SUMEDHA ...... 2

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Relevancy  G.S. Paper 2

Why in news?  has got its first airport– which is considered as an engineering marvel. Pakyong airport:  Pakyong Airport is a near , the state capital of Sikkim, .  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 .  The Pakyong Airport is about 60 kms away from the Indo 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 has already landed its 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 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.

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