Earth Sciences (Independent Charge) Minister Dr Jitendra Singh complimented the scientists for conducting world’s first locomotion trials of the Deep-Sea Mining System in the Central Indian Ocean at depth of 5270 meters.
- Dr Jitendra Singh said, this is the maximum depth at which such a machine was successfully tested anywhere in the world.
- On this occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh launched a first-of-its-kind and state-of-art fully automated buoy-based coastal observation and water quality nowcasting system for the Indian Ocean developed by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad.
- The system includes high-end sensors onboard an automated buoy integrated to a coastal observatory located in Kochi.
- Presenting a future blueprint for the Ministry, Dr Jitendra Singh informed that in the next two years, MoES has ambitious plans of development of a manned submersible to carry 3 scientists to a depth of 6000 metres in the ocean with suit of scientific sensors and tools; development of an Integrated Mining System for mining Polymetallic Nodules from 6000 m depth; Increase the number of Doppler Weather Radars from the current number of 34 to about 50; Integrated meteorological services for the north-eastern region; Augment the existing High Performance Computing System from 10 PFlops to about 27 PFLops and Improve the horizontal resolution of the weather forecast model from existing 12 km to 6 km to help farmers in obtaining block level forecasts.
A buoy is a floating object that is used to show ships and boats where they can go and to warn them of danger.
