INS Vikrant has capacity of 2 football grounds; cables used can cover Kochi to Kashi, says PM Modi

Kochi: Commissioning INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier and the largest ship ever built in the country’s maritime history, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the achievement is a “unique reflection of India becoming self-reliant”.

The Prime Minister congratulated every person associated with the dream for achieving the feat which makes India join the club of countries that have indigenous aircraft carriers and said Vikrant has the capacity of two football grounds, as well as the cables used in the ship, can cover “Kochi to Kashi”.

“If the goals are long, the journeys are long, the ocean and the challenges are endless, then India’s answer is Vikrant. The incomparable nectar of the elixir of freedom festival is Vikrant. Vikrant is a unique reflection of India becoming self-reliant,” said the prime minister.

The PM also said that the steel used on INS Vikrant is made in India and that the cables used in the ship “can stretch from Kochi to Kashi”.

“INS Vikrant is as big as two football grounds. The electricity it can produce can illuminate 5,000 houses,” PM said.

Calling INS Vikrant a floating airfield and a floating town, PM said: “Vikrant is large and grand, Vikrant is distinct, Vikrant is special. Vikrant is not just a warship, it is the evidence of the hard work, talent, impact and commitment of India of the 21st century.”

“INS Vikrant is an example of the government’s thrust to making India’s defence sector self-reliant,” he added.

Dedicating INS Vikrant to Chhatrapati Shivaji, PM Modi reiterated his Independence Day speech and said no matter how difficult the goal is, no matter how big the challenges are, when India makes up its mind no goal is impossible to achieve.

At the event, the PM said “every Indian is witnessing the sunrise of a new future here on the coast of Kerala, and that the event being held on INS Vikrant is a tribute to India’s rising spirits on the world horizon”.

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