50,000 litres of water for helipad Sharad Pawar didn't use

[FischerTal]

While the absence of Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar cast a dampener on the UPA rally held in the city on Sunday, the NCP chief’s last minute decision to skip the event in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) inadvertently led to the waste of massive amounts of a precious commodity that the city can ill afford to misuse water. mid-day has discovered that a total of 50,000 litres of water brought by five water tankers were poured over a makeshift helipad fashioned at the MMRDA grounds in BKC, so that the chopper carrying the NCP chief could land without kicking up a cloud of dust. Water was sprayed on the ground at 4.30 am on Sunday morning, and again a few hours before noon. H Jadhav, a tanker supplier, said that contractors organising similar events at the MMRDA grounds in BKC often order for water tankers from different suppliers. “A cloud of dust is raised whenever a helicopter lands on the ground, and so it is important to spray water prior to landing. For the past two days, the ground was levelled and cleaned, after which the water was poured.” A single water tanker carries 10,000 litres of water. Various transporters in the city supplied tankers for the event, some of whom even said that they were yet to be paid for their services. Siddhesh Salunke from Siddhesh Water Suppliers in Kurla, said, “The contractor had agreed to pay R800 for a water tanker. Even though we supplied water tankers for two days, the payment is yet to be made. At the end, we learnt that no helicopter even landed there.” Irfan Sheikh, another contractor, said that the grounds were swept up and cleaned before water was sprayed. Meanwhile, NCP spokesperson Atul Londhe, asked why the NCP chief chose not to land there in spite of the preparations, said, “Yes, the NCP party president was scheduled to arrive at BKC on Sunday. As far as I am aware, there was some technical snag owing to which he did not land at the BKC grounds.”

Mahrashtra going through a drought, yet Pawar never fails to up the level of his own chewtiyagiri :bow: Source: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/50000-litres-of-water-for-helipad-sharad-pawar-didnt-use/15245055

[diga]

why he could have asked his nephew to take a piss on the helipad?

[Raghav_12]

Calculate how many litres of water would have been cost for these luxuries of Narendra Modi. 50,000 liters or more? Lok Sabha polls 2014: Narendra Modi is home every night courtesy a fleet of 3 aircraft http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lok-sabha-polls-2014-narendra-modi-is-home-every-night-courtesy-a-fleet-of-3-aircrafts/articleshow/34073213.cms

AHMEDABAD: Ever since he kick-started his campaign, Narendra Modi has been criss-crossing the country. But, BJP's PM candidate has rarely felt homesick, thanks to a fleet of three aircraft — one jet and two choppers — which bring him home every night. Modi has addressed over 150 rallies across the country, clocking 2.4 lakh km, or an average of about 1,100km a day. He has logged in the most flying hours, followed by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, industry experts said. .. Almost every day, Modi takes off from Ahmedabad airport in an EMB-135BJ, an Embraer aircraft, for his rallies. The jet is owned by KarnavatiBSE 0.00 % Aviation, a group company of the Adani Group. "We record two movements of Modi's aircraft daily. No matter where he goes to address rallies, he always comes back home," said an air traffic control official. Recently, Modi's aircraft was denied permission to fly by DGCA in Delhi for over two hours, following which he lashed out at the central government for stalling his movement. Ever since, Modi has increased the use of choppers to cover smaller distances. "Mostly, politicians use chopper to reach places where bigger aircraft can't reach," said an ATC official. Over the past few days, Modi flew in an Augusta AW-139 chopper, owned by the DLF Group, for his rallies in north India, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. According to ATC officials, Modi has also flown in a Bell 412 chopper owned by a private charter service. According to experts, the cost of flying in a single-engine chopper is around Rs 70,000 to Rs 75000 per hour while in the case of a twin-engine chopper, the cost goes up to Rs 1 to 1.2 lakh per hour. For jets, the flying cost per hour comes to Rs 3 lakh. Around 130 air charter service operators across the country are profiting from the extensive use of helicopters and business jets by parties and politicians. Industry sources said they're spending Rs 350-400 crore on chartered planes for campaigns. The secretary of Business Aircraft Operator's Association RK Bali said the sector was witnessing negative growth of 2 per cent in the past two years but there had been a spurt in business after campaigning started. "This is the only boom time in the air charter services industry," he said. Capt GR Gopinath, pioneer of low-cost aviation in India, said elections were a good time for the air charter industry. "It is more visible because of the glamour, sound and fury that surround a chopper or a business jet," he said. Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/34073213.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

[FischerTal]

Calculate how many litres of water would have been cost for these luxuries of Narendra Modi. 50,000 liters or more? Lok Sabha polls 2014: Narendra Modi is home every night courtesy a fleet of 3 aircraft http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lok-sabha-polls-2014-narendra-modi-is-home-every-night-courtesy-a-fleet-of-3-aircrafts/articleshow/34073213.cms

so you need water to run planes? :hatsoff:

[asterix]

so you need water to run planes? :hatsoff:

:cantstop:

[velu]

Calculate how many litres of water would have been cost for these luxuries of Narendra Modi. 50,000 liters or more? Lok Sabha polls 2014: Narendra Modi is home every night courtesy a fleet of 3 aircraft http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lok-sabha-polls-2014-narendra-modi-is-home-every-night-courtesy-a-fleet-of-3-aircrafts/articleshow/34073213.cms

arae baba .. aircraft wont land like helicopter :--D we dont need to pour water over the cement runway to avoid dust :giggle:

[Sachin=GOD]

so you need water to run planes? :hatsoff:

arae baba .. aircraft wont land like helicopter :--D we dont need to pour water over the cement runway to avoid dust :giggle:

Modi's fleet has 2 helicopters as well. In almost all of his rallies he reaches the rally venue by helicopter.

[FischerTal]

Modi's fleet has 2 helicopters as well. In almost all of his rallies he reaches the rally venue by helicopter.

he is BJP's PM candidate. you expect him to go from one part of nation to another by belgadi?

[asterix]

he is BJP's PM candidate. you expect him to go from one part of nation to another by belgadi?

If Advani would've been PM candidate he would've travelled in BelGaadi... :nice: In fact Advani even now travels in BelGaadi...

[Sachin=GOD]

he is BJP's PM candidate. you expect him to go from one part of nation to another by belgadi?

Where did I say that? I just pointed out that he also has helicopters in his fleet.

[asterix]

Where did I say that? I just pointed out that he also has helicopters in his fleet.

And your point WRT the topic? Is Modi too not using his Helipads after it's prepared for landing?

[Mariyam]

I don't understand the article at all. Why is so much water needed? From the article “A cloud of dust is raised whenever a helicopter lands on the ground, and so it is important to spray water prior to landing. For the past two days, the ground was levelled and cleaned, after which the water was poured.” They spray water while the chopper is landing and hence raising dust? Why can't the helicopter land on a dusty helipad? I've been in a helicopter on one occasion and do not remember seeing anyone spray water during the landing.

[Number]

so you need water to run planes? :hatsoff:

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[velu]

I don't understand the article at all. Why is so much water needed? From the article “A cloud of dust is raised whenever a helicopter lands on the ground, and so it is important to spray water prior to landing. For the past two days, the ground was levelled and cleaned, after which the water was poured.” They spray water while the chopper is landing and hence raising dust? Why can't the helicopter land on a dusty helipad? I've been in a helicopter on one occasion and do not remember seeing anyone spray water during the landing.

short term helipads are prepared just by leveling the land .. when copter lands it ll raise a lots of dust to avoid dust they pour water 1 or 2 days before and settle the dust..:sherlock: this is not necessary anyway but pawar is again a typical bambi

[ganeshran]

arae baba .. aircraft wont land like helicopter :--D we dont need to pour water over the cement runway to avoid dust :giggle:

Modi's helicopters also land on runways? Must have been manufactured in Gujarat. :giggle:

[Muloghonto]

I don't understand the article at all. Why is so much water needed? From the article “A cloud of dust is raised whenever a helicopter lands on the ground, and so it is important to spray water prior to landing. For the past two days, the ground was levelled and cleaned, after which the water was poured.†They spray water while the chopper is landing and hence raising dust? Why can't the helicopter land on a dusty helipad? I've been in a helicopter on one occasion and do not remember seeing anyone spray water during the landing.

Its not about functionality of the helicopter (though, it is easier to land it I'd imagine, if the pilot could actually see the ground instead of a dust cloud), its about the comfort of human beings. Nobody wants to walk out in a face-full of dust in the midst of a dust storm everytime they take a helicopter ride to a make-shift location. Just like the reason we dont have steam engine metro - nobody wants a face-full of smoke inside a tunnel, the train performs just fine though.