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NEW DELHI: Defence curate Rajnath Singh connected Saturday said the Indian navy maintained sustained unit connected Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, forcing the neighbouring country's navy to stay confined to its ports passim the subject operation.Speaking astatine the inauguration of the 'Nausena Shaurya Vatika', an open-air naval depository successful Lucknow, Singh said the navy played a important relation successful India's subject effect pursuing the Pahalgam panic attack.“The navy played a important relation successful maintaining unit connected Pakistan during Operation Sindoor,” Singh said, according to quality bureau PTI.“Our navy was deployed successful the Arabian Sea with afloat preparedness and strength, maintaining changeless unit connected the adversary.
As a result, Pakistan's full navy remained confined to its ports,” helium added.
Operation Sindoor was launched connected May 7, 2025, pursuing the Pahalgam panic attack. Indian forces carried retired precision strikes connected panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.The subject confrontation ended connected May 10 aft some sides reached an understanding, pursuing Pakistan’s DGMO's telephone to the Indian counterpart requesting a ceasefire.
Navy depository inaugurated successful Lucknow
Singh made the remarks portion inaugurating the Nausena Shaurya Vatika on with Uttar Pradesh main curate Yogi Adityanath and Indian navy main Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi.Developed jointly by the Indian navy and the Uttar Pradesh tourism department, the depository showcases the navy's legacy, operational capabilities and maritime achievements.Calling the task a substance of pride, Singh said the installation would go some a centre of inspiration and a large tourer attraction for Lucknow.“In the coming years, this installation volition not lone go a centre of inspiration for Lucknow but volition besides make into a tourer hub and look arsenic 1 of the city's defining landmarks,” helium said.Explaining wherefore a naval depository was built successful a landlocked city, Singh said maritime information affects each Indian citizen.“The Indian Ocean is connected to our economy, commercialized and vigor requirements. Those who safeguard it travel from each village, municipality and metropolis of India,” helium said.
INS Gomati takes centre stage
A large attraction astatine the depository is the decommissioned warship INS Gomati, which was retired from work connected May 28, 2022.Highlighting the vessel's transportation to Lucknow, Singh said, “Just arsenic the Gomti stream flows done the metropolis and yet joins the Ganga and past the sea, INS Gomati brought honour to Lucknow portion serving successful the Indian Ocean.”The depository besides features the ship's anchor, main mast, propeller and CET-53M submarine obstacle equipment.
Visitors tin larn astir maritime security, naval operations and the technological capabilities of the Indian navy.Singh besides announced plans to bring a submarine to the tract successful the aboriginal to further heighten the attraction.
Remarks connected defence preparedness and exports
The defence curate utilized the juncture to item India's increasing indigenous defence capabilities.“Our defence manufacturing output has risen considerably. Before 2014, India's defence exports were worthy little than Rs 1,000 crore.
Today, we are exporting defence instrumentality worthy astir Rs 40,000 crore to countries astir the world,” helium said.He besides praised the Uttar Pradesh government, saying the authorities had undergone a large translation nether Adityanath's leadership.
Focus remains connected Operation Sindoor
The minister's comments travel amid continued treatment implicit the interaction of Operation Sindoor and India's subject preparedness.In related remarks, service main General Upendra Dwivedi said connected Saturday that each 3 equipped services were afloat prepared for “Operation Sindoor 2.0” if required.Dwivedi noted that portion a impermanent cessation of hostilities presently exists, the army, navy and aerial unit are continuing preparations for aboriginal contingencies.He said Operation Sindoor demonstrated the value of integrated planning, real-time intelligence, precision targeting and associated operations crossed aggregate domains.“Operation Sindoor demonstrated that and acceptable the benchmark erstwhile nationalist volition was expressed with precision and resolve, defining however Bharat responds to provocation,” the service main said.
