NSCBI Airport, Kolkata now equipped with CAT IIIB ILS: Enabling flight ops in poor visibility
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata has started the implementation of CAT III-B Instrument Landing System from Friday that will allow flights to operate till the visibility drops below 50 meters. With introduction of this facility at Runway 01R, both sides of the Runway 19L/01R are now equipped to low visibility operations as Runway 19L is already having CAT-II facility. Now, irrespective of wind direction, low visibility operations can be handled at Kolkata Airport. Every year during December and January, due to fog, flights operating to and from northern part of India are disrupted. It has been observed that in spite of best efforts from all the stakeholders namely, Airports Authority of India (AAI), Airlines and MET Department, flights are delayed as a result of unpredictable weather. As part of continuing efforts to improve the air navigation facilities for the aircraft and passengers at airports worst affected by fog, AAI has already commissioned CATIII-B ILS at IGI Airport (Runways 28, 29 and 11), Amritsar (Runway 34), Lucknow (Runway 27) and at Jaipur (Runway 27) which is operational. It facilitates aircraft to land with Runway Visual Range (RVR) of 50 meters with decision height of 15 meters. Runway Visual Range is the visibility for a particular runway in a particular direction which is provided through an instrument by Indian Meteorological Department. It means aircraft can land when runway could be seen from a distance of 50 meters and aircraft can come down up to a height of 15 meters above the ground before sighting the runway for landing. NSCBI Airport, Kolkata has become the fifth airport after Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow and Amritsar to be equipped with CAT III-B ILS. The implementation of ILS CAT III-B will be a big boon for the airports worst affected by fog during winter when the visibility goes as low as 50 metres. It would also benefit the airlines in terms of increased safety, avoiding diversions, minimising holding for visibility improvement with consequent gains in operating costs and lesser fuel burn and substantial environmental efficiency.
NEW 700 LITRE BUCKET WHEEL EXCAVATOR FOR MINE-II
A new Bucket Wheel Excavator of 700 litre capacity was put into operation at Mine-II recently which was commissioned by Susheel Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, GoI. The Bucket Wheel Excavator of 700 Litre capacity on turnkey basis was erected and supplied by TENOVA India Pvt. Limited, Chennai at a cost of `68 crore. The work order, for supply of this Specialised Mining Equipment was issued by NLC India Limited in July last year. The supply includes Design, Manufacture, Assembly/Erection of all Mechanical, Structural, Electrical components, Testing, Commissioning and handing over. The machine was commissioned by Susheel Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, GoI, in a simple function held at Mine-II. Susheel Kumar, said, besides reaching of target and carrying out the work in time, it is more important that all the work should be accomplished, without any incident of accident. All the main structural components of the equipment are indigenously manufactured, which is a noteworthy. This machine has capacity to give output of 1400 Cubic Meter per Hour. On this occasion, Dr Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD, NLC India Limited, Directors, Rakesh Kumar, Subir Das, P Selvakumar, V Thangapandian, R Vikraman, Chief Vigilance Officer, T Venkatasubramanian, together were present.
Symposium, Photo Exhibition in Delhi on Chilika
ONGC is organising a symposium and photo-exhibition titled 'The Mangalajodi Inheritance' at New Delhi on Saturday, in association with The Bhubaneswar Bird Walks (TBBW). The objective of the symposium is to promote the cause of the largest brackish water lake to obtain heritage status from UNESCO. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, GoI will inaugurate the event. ONGC has embarked on an ambitious project for conservation and holistic development of Chilika Lake area in Odisha, and for accordance of status of UNESCO 'World Heritage Site' for Chilika Lake, in line with its commitment towards environment conservation and heritage protection. Pradhan has taken the noble initiative to reach a tripartite agreement between ONGC, Govt of Odisha and UNESCO. It has assured all support towards this objective. ONGC has also charted out a systematic plan for development of Mangalajodi village in Chilika through CSR activities. The objective of this symposium by ONGC and TBBW is to bring together experts and enthusiasts from the fields of conservation, eco-tourism, ornithology, diplomatic corps, media, NGO's, officials from various ministries of GoI, and other related fields, in order to chart out a future course of action for the preservation and development of this rich wetland heritage of Odisha.
NHPC Awarded CBIP Award for Best Project Developer
Balraj Joshi, CMD, NHPC and Ratish Kumar, Director (Projects) receiving the award on behalf of NHPC from Dr Satya Pal Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, GoI. NHPC Limited, was awarded ‘CBIP Award for Best Project Developer in Hydro Sector for a project under construction' at CBIP Awards on CBIP Day on last Wednesday in New Delhi. The award was given to NHPC's 330 MW Kishanganga HE Project in J & K for expeditious execution of various works under extreme adverse conditions. Girish Dattatray Mahajan, Minister of Medical Education, Water Resources & Common Area Development, Govt of M’rashtra, Pushpendra Singh, Govt of Rajasthan and VK Kanjlia, Secretary, CBIP.
SCOPE Organises Industry-Academia Meet
SCOPE organised an Interactive Industry-Academia Meet with the objective to create a better collaboration between the two to set new initiatives on Friday. The meeting was addressed by DK Hota, Vice Chairman, SCOPE and Dr UD Choubey, Director General, SCOPE and others. It was attended by CEOs/Directors of public sector enterprises (PSEs) and renowned academicians from IIMs, IITs, IMI Delhi, IICA, IIFT, SRCC, IMT Ghaziabad etc. Welcoming the participants, Dr UD Choubey, Director General, SCOPE said PSEs have been at the helm of socio-economic development of the nation. DK Hota, Vice Chairman, SCOPE & CMD, BEML Ltd appealed the participants to come out with new ideas which will bring further excellence in PSEs. Dr H Purushotham, CMD, National Research Development Corporation and Prof RK Mishra, Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad also made presentations during the interactive session.
CISF DG releases Calendar and Diary-2018
OP Singh, Director General, CISF released the CISF Calendar and Diary-2018 at a function organied. The photographs in the CISF calendar portray the multifaceted role and competence of CISF. In order to have good quality photographs, renowned photographer PravinTalan was associated. It is focusing on the multidimensional operational duties of CISF.