Maharashtra Tourism dept keen on seaplane

12th June 2011

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Citizens may soon be able to fly to Tarkarli beach in Konkan, landing directly on the coast as per a report in HT.

State tourism minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who saw a presentation of an amphibious plane – it can take off and land from the water, land or a ship  on Thursday asked the company, Maritime Energy Heli Air Services Private Limited to present a concrete proposal before the tourism department. 

“If you present a concrete proposal by the first week of July, we can start the service in October,” said Bhujbal. He added that such a service could be used to ferry tourists across the 720km coastline where no helipad service or airstrips were available.

Bhujbal said the service could be used during emergencies as well.