The Supreme Court of India on February 10, 2021 ordered a “status quo” with regard to the dismantling of India’s decommissioned aircraft carrier, INS Viraat.
- The INS Viraat is currently standing at the Alang shipbreaking yard in Gujarat.
- Envitech Marine Consultants Pvt Ltd wants to buy INS Viraat and convert it into a museum.
- The Thane-based firm had approached the SC after the Ministry of Defence declined to provide a No-Objection Certificate, needed to repurchase the vessel.
- Shree Ram Group of Alang has purchased INS Viraat as scrap from an auction conducted by Metal Scrap Corporation Limited for Rs 38.54 crore.
- The INS Viraat had originally entered service with the Royal British Navy as HMS Hermes in 1959 and was later sold to India in the 1980s.
(Source: Indian Express)
