Bhubaneswar: The students of Chhatrapur Government ITI in Odisha\u2019s Ganjam district have made a replica of INS Vikrant, the first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, by using scrap materials.<\/p>\n
The 70-foot-long, 30-foot-tall and 10-foot-wide replica was unveiled on the premises of the ITI on the occasion of Navy Day in India today.<\/p>\n
Chhatrapur MLA Subash Chandra Behera unveiled the replica of INS Vikrant in the presence of students and teachers of the ITI.<\/p>\n
Notably, INS Vikrant was built by Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kerala with an expenditure of around Rs 23,000 crore.<\/p>\n
The blueprint of the 262-metre long and 62-metre wide aircraft carrier was made in 1999 the naval vessel was commissioned in 2022. INS Vikrant can carry at least 30 military aircraft, sources said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used huge quantities of scrap materials including plastic bottles to build this replica of INS Vikrant. Students from various trades of the ITI worked for around a year to build it. We have decorated the replica with small plants to make people aware of issues like global warming and climate change,\u201d said Pravat Kumar Pradhan, a second year student of Electrician trade.<\/p>\n
The Chhatrapur legislator lauded the efforts of the students and teachers of the ITI to build the replica from scrap materials.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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