Visakhapatnam: Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh ne 6 October ko Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) me Bhartiya Nausena ke pehle swadeshi Fleet Support Ship ‘Surya’ ko launch kiya. Ye paanch jahazon ki shrinkhala ka pehla jahaz hai. Isi samaroh me paanchve jahaz FSS-5 ki keel bhi rakhi gayi.
Na usena ke liye ye ek aitihasik pal hai — Fleet Support Ship samudra me yuddhpoton ko tel, paani, gola-barood aur marammat ki suvidha dete hain, taaki yuddhpot bandargah laute bina lambe samay tak samudra me tainaat reh sakein. ‘Surya’ ke aane se Nausena ki samudri tainati kshamta kai guna badh jayegi.
Samundar ka sabse bada sahayak
Darasal, ‘Surya’ ke aakaar hi iski taakat batate hain. Ye 223.6 meter lamba aur 31.5 meter chauda hai, jiska displacement lagbhag 43,500 ton hai — itna bada ki ye Nausena ke vimanvahak poton se bhi bada hoga, aur commission hone par displacement ke hisaab se Nausena ka sabse bada jahaz ban jayega.
Jahaz me 20,000 ton low-sulphur high-speed diesel, 2,500 ton aviation turbine fuel, 1,000 ton taaza paani aur 250 ton feed water le jaane ki kshamta hai. Isme 8 bees-feet ke container gola-barood, spare parts aur rashan ke liye hain. Onboard workshop pehli pankti ki marammat aur aapaatkaaleen repair ki suvidha dega, aur helicopter deck multi-role helicopter sanchalan me saksham hoga.
82 pratishat swadeshi
Bataya ja raha hai ki ye paanchon jahaz 82 pratishat swadeshi samagri ke saath ban rahe hain. Inka design Kochi ki Smart Engineering & Design Solutions (SEDS) ne taiyaar kiya hai. Paaanch jahazon ka contract August 2023 me hua tha, aur pehle jahaz ki keel November 2024 me rakhi gayi thi — matlab keval 18 mahine me steel cutting se launch tak ka safar tay hua.
Rajnath Singh ne is avsar par kaha ki door-daraaz ke samudri kshetron me nausena abhiyaanon ke liye sirf yuddhpot kaafi nahi hain — unhe vishwasniya logistics, marammat aur sahayata ki zaroorat hoti hai. Unhone kaha ki Bharat ko aatmanirbharta se aage badhkar vaishvik bazaar me pratispardha karni chahiye, aur bhartiya shipyardon ko mitra deshon ke liye avsar talaashne chahiye.
Shipyard ka aadhunikikaran
Gaurtalab hai ki isi samaroh me Raksha Mantri ne HSL ke aadhunikikrit Slipway No. 4 aur 300-ton ke Goliath crane ka bhi udghatan kiya. Upgraded slipway se ab 45,000 DWT tak ke jahaz banaye aur launch kiye ja sakenge. L&T ki shipbuilding ikai bhi is pariyojana me pramukh up-thekedaar hai.
‘Surya’ ko 2027 ke madhya tak Nausena me shaamil kiye jaane ki ummeed hai. Nausena ke paas vartamaan me chaar fleet tanker hain — INS Shakti, INS Jyoti, INS Deepak aur INS Aditya. Naye Fleet Support Ships ke aane se Bharat ki Hind Mahasagar me lambe samay tak tainaat rehne ki kshamta majboot hogi.
Bataya ja raha hai ki Hindustan Shipyard ki sthapna 1941 me Scindia Shipyard ke roop me hui thi, aur tab se ye 200 se zyada jahaz bana chuka hai. ‘Surya’ jaise swadeshi jahaz ‘Make in India’ aur ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ abhiyaan ki safalta ki misaal hain. Raksha kshetra me swadeshi nirmaan ko badhava dene se na keval Nausena majboot hogi, balki hazaaron rozgaar aur sahayak udyog bhi vikasit honge.
