Indian Navy Sagar Parikrama: Two women officers of the Indian Navy have set out on Sagar Parikrama. Both of them will travel 21600 nautical miles in eight months. This mission has been started by the Navy for the second time. In the year 2017, six women officers of the Indian Navy had made its first mission successful.
This Sagar Parikrama was flagged off by Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi. The name of the Navy ship being used for this mission is INSV Tarini. This ship is 17 meters long and 5 meters wide. Through this ship, these two women officers will measure the world through the sea.
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Mission will have to be completed in 8 months
This entire mission will have to be completed within 8 months, in which the ship will have to complete the journey of 21600 nautical miles by running the ship with the help of wind in the sea. In this entire mission, these two officers will have to face high seas, extreme weather conditions. will be.
Do we have to take visa for Sagar Parikrama also?
Visa is not required for this, according to some reports Diplomatic Clearance is required for this. Information about this mission will be given to them by the Government of India or the concerned ministry of the country whose border this Navy mission will enter. This process takes place directly between the governments of the respective countries. It involves diplomatic process instead of individual visas.
The journey will end where it begins
The mission will have to end at the same port from where it started. There is also a rule for this that the mission will not pass through any canal or strait, apart from this the entire mission will have to cross the equator at least twice. It includes three capes which are America’s Horn Cape, Australia’s Leuven Cape and South Africa’s Good Hope Cape. They have been given very tough training for this mission.