ONGC to upgrade helibase in Mumbai

New Delhi: Flagship explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has initiated an exercise to modernise and upgrade the helibase at Juhu in Mumbai. The helibase is used by a fleet of choppers providing support service to Mumbai High's oil-pumping installations over 200 km into the sea.
ONGC director for offshore operations, N K Mitra, laid the foundation stone of the project and reviewed the project planning and implementation with officials from organisations such as Airports Authority of India and National Building Construction Company that are involved in the project. The helibase was damaged in the July 26, 2005 floods in Mumbai. Most of the helicopters parked there at the time were grounded due to ingress of flood water. On earlier occasions too, helicopter operations were affected during the monsoon, forcing ONGC to go for a massive modernisation and upgradation programme.
20/04/07 Times of India

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