Kolkata: India is working on a project to send humans to the depths of the ocean. The name of this project is 'Samudrayan'. India will land humans in the deep sea with the 'Submersible Vehicle'. The project will be completed by 2021-22. This information has been given by MA Atmanand, Director of National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT).
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Addressing a program in Calcutta, Atmanand said that according to this project, three people could be sent from submersible vehicles to a depth of up to 6,000 meters in the sea. A submersible vehicle built with native technology can dive up to a depth of six kilometres for 72 hours. Similar to ISRO's (Indian Space Research Organization) plan to send humans to space, NIOT has launched a 200-million-dollar oceanographic project. Submarines can only go up to a depth of 200 meters in the sea.
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Atmanand further said that with the success of the sailing project, India will join the list of developed countries extracting minerals from the oceans. India is the first developing country to launch such a mission. At present, the project is awaited for approval from the Ministry of Finance. The ocean is part of the pilot project of the Ministry of Earth Sciences. It is part of the Deep Oshen Mission costing 6000 crores, which has been approved in principle and is now awaiting final approval of the Union Finance Ministry.