CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Indian Navy’s Hydrographic Survey Ship INS Sarvekshak successfully completed survey action around the site of ill-fated MV X-Press Pearl on July 2 and handed over the survey data to the Sri Lankan authorities.

Detailed explanation-2: -INS Sarvekshak completes survey assistance of ill-fated MV X-Press Pearl.

Detailed explanation-3: -Context: The first of the four survey vessels- ‘Sandhayak’ was launched in Kolkata recently. These survey ships are capable of full scale coastal & deep-water hydrographic survey of Ports & Harbour approaches and determination of navigational channels & routes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first of class ship ‘Sandhayak’ was launched on 5 December, 2021. Survey vessels -large (SVL) ships will replace the existing Sandhayak Class survey ships with new generation hydrographic equipment to collect oceanographic data.

Detailed explanation-5: -During her 40 years of illustrious service in the Indian Navy, INS Sandhayak undertook over 200 major hydrographic surveys in Western and Eastern coasts of the Indian peninsula, the Andaman Sea, and surveys in neighbouring countries including Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh.