Jharkhand government has no chopper now

Ranchi: Jharkhand's chief minister and the governor will have to take the roads to travel in the state, as the lone chopper, which the government had hired on contract from a private firm has been withdrawn on charges of misuse.
The five-seater aircraft was hired by the Jharkhand government from Asian Aviation to ferry VIPs like Chief Minister Madhu Koda and Governor Syed Sibte Razi. The company was charging Rs.75,000 per hour.
A Brazilian pilot assigned to fly the aircraft was reportedly unhappy over the misuse of the chopper. It was reportedly used for surveillance purposes in anti-Maoist operations.
"the pilot has left the state with the chopper," an official of the state civil aviation department told IANS.
Last year, the government purchased a Dhruv helicopter from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd at a cost of Rs.320 million, but the chopper stays on the ground because there is no one to fly it.
12/01/08 IANS/Khabrein.info

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jan 2008