Ins Viraat Museum

New images accessed by NDTV indicate that the Viraat, the decommissioned Indian Navy carrier, has already been partially dismantled despite plans to convert her into a maritime museum.

The new owner of decommissioned warship INS Viraat has sought Rs 100 crore from a Mumbai-based company which is making last-minute efforts to save the warship from being dismantled and to convert it into a museum.

''Pay me Rs. 100 crore, and take away the ship.'' That's the final offer of Mukesh Patel, the chairman and managing director of Gujarat-based Shree Ram Group, the company that won the bid to buy the decommissioned Indian Navy carrier, Viraat, to break-up for scrap.

The centre has given 'in-principle' approval to the Maharashtra government's proposal for converting decommissioned warship INS Viraat into a museum or hotel, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Monday.

Maharashtra government will seek to acquire the decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat and convert it into a maritime museum, state tourism minister Jaykumar Rawal said on Wednesday.

INS Viraat - perhaps the oldest serving warship today and India's second aircraft carrier in the fleet - may live on as a museum after it is decommissioned next year.

New images accessed by NDTV indicate that the Viraat, the decommissioned Indian Navy carrier, has already been partially dismantled despite plans to convert her into a maritime museum.

The new owner of decommissioned warship INS Viraat has sought Rs 100 crore from a Mumbai-based company which is making last-minute efforts to save the warship from being dismantled and to convert it into a museum.

''Pay me Rs. 100 crore, and take away the ship.'' That's the final offer of Mukesh Patel, the chairman and managing director of Gujarat-based Shree Ram Group, the company that won the bid to buy the decommissioned Indian Navy carrier, Viraat, to break-up for scrap.

The centre has given 'in-principle' approval to the Maharashtra government's proposal for converting decommissioned warship INS Viraat into a museum or hotel, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Monday.

Maharashtra government will seek to acquire the decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat and convert it into a maritime museum, state tourism minister Jaykumar Rawal said on Wednesday.

INS Viraat - perhaps the oldest serving warship today and India's second aircraft carrier in the fleet - may live on as a museum after it is decommissioned next year.