NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day cope with today, hailed the all-women Indian Navy workforce that successfully circumnavigated the globe on board the INSV Tarini.
The "daughters of our country" returned home after spreading the hues of the tricolour around the oceans of the arena, the top minister stated from the ramparts of the Red Fort right here.
The six-member group, on board the INSV Tarini, spent 194 days at sea as part of a mission that started on September 10 closing 12 months.
"My dear fellow Indians, we are today celebrating Independence Day at a time when our daughters from Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have sailed the seven seas and returned home after splashing the oceans with the hues of the tricolour," Modi stated.
Lt Cdr Vartika Joshi skippered the mission, traversing during the Indian, the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, along with Lt Cdr Pratibha Jamwal and Lt P Swathi, Lt Vijaya Devi, Lt B Aishwarya and Lt Payal Gupta.
The 'Navika Sagar Parikrama' was flagged off by means of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman near the Panaji coast.
President Ram Nath Kovind has authorized Nao Sena (Gallantary) Medal for the six ladies group contributors of the Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini, who circumnavigated the globe, braving treacherous seas and displaying "raw courage".
The mission witnessed a number of gut-wrenching moments like when the INSV Tarini negotiated the choppy waters off the Cape Horn, regularly dubbed as 'the graveyard of ships' owing to the harmful seas conditions within the Pacific Ocean in January, she was overtaken by means of a cold entrance with winds gusting up to 130 kilometres in keeping with hour.
The turbulent weather brought about 10 metre-high waves to come back crashing down onto the boat, the Navy had stated in a observation.
The expedition was covered in 5 legs, with stopovers at four ports -- Fremantle (Australia), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falklands), and Cape Town (South Africa).
INSV Tarini is a 55-ft sailing vessel, which has been constructed indigenously, and inducted within the Indian Navy closing 12 months.
In his speech, Modi also lauded the triumph of young tribals from India, who have successfully scaled Mount Everest.
The "daughters of our country" returned home after spreading the hues of the tricolour around the oceans of the arena, the top minister stated from the ramparts of the Red Fort right here.
The six-member group, on board the INSV Tarini, spent 194 days at sea as part of a mission that started on September 10 closing 12 months.
"My dear fellow Indians, we are today celebrating Independence Day at a time when our daughters from Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have sailed the seven seas and returned home after splashing the oceans with the hues of the tricolour," Modi stated.
Lt Cdr Vartika Joshi skippered the mission, traversing during the Indian, the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, along with Lt Cdr Pratibha Jamwal and Lt P Swathi, Lt Vijaya Devi, Lt B Aishwarya and Lt Payal Gupta.
The 'Navika Sagar Parikrama' was flagged off by means of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman near the Panaji coast.
President Ram Nath Kovind has authorized Nao Sena (Gallantary) Medal for the six ladies group contributors of the Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini, who circumnavigated the globe, braving treacherous seas and displaying "raw courage".
The mission witnessed a number of gut-wrenching moments like when the INSV Tarini negotiated the choppy waters off the Cape Horn, regularly dubbed as 'the graveyard of ships' owing to the harmful seas conditions within the Pacific Ocean in January, she was overtaken by means of a cold entrance with winds gusting up to 130 kilometres in keeping with hour.
The turbulent weather brought about 10 metre-high waves to come back crashing down onto the boat, the Navy had stated in a observation.
The expedition was covered in 5 legs, with stopovers at four ports -- Fremantle (Australia), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falklands), and Cape Town (South Africa).
INSV Tarini is a 55-ft sailing vessel, which has been constructed indigenously, and inducted within the Indian Navy closing 12 months.
In his speech, Modi also lauded the triumph of young tribals from India, who have successfully scaled Mount Everest.
PM Modi hails all-women crew of INSV Tarini for circumnavigating the globe
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