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On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s website www.narendramodi.in, the headline for one of the stories on December 12 gleamed ‘PM Modi becomes first passenger of India’s first ever seaplane!‘. The article on the website referred to the PM’s seaplane ride from Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad to Dharoi dam in Mehsana as part of his campaign ahead of the second phase of polling in the Gujarat elections. The headline was later altered.

The claim that this was the first ever seaplane ride in India was reiterated from the official BJP Twitter account and by BJP leaders and functionaries.  Numerous television channels and publications played it up, heralding it as a bold and unique move that would revolutionise transportation by augmenting waterways travel within the country.

So, is this the first ever seaplane service to be envisioned in India? The first ever commercial seaplane service was launched in India in 2010. Jal Hans, a service which was jointly operated by Pawan Hans, the public sector helicopter service provider and the administration of the Andaman & Nicobar islands was inaugurated in December that year. Then Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel confirmed this in a recent tweet. The Jal Hans service has now been stalled.

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= Another governmental initiative to launch seaplane service in India was by the Govt of Kerala in June 2013 when the Kerala seaplane service promoted by Kerala Tourism Infrastructure Ltd was announced to connect the waterways of the state. The project however failed to commence owing to protests by the local fishing communities. Then Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy had tweeted regarding the same.

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10 minutes ago, LordOfMud said:

India’s first seaplane named ‘Jal Hans’ was first launched in 2010 during my tenure as Civil Aviation Minister which greatly facilitated connectivity & tourism in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.#seaplane pic.twitter.com/ZQYtpfa82k

— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) December 9, 2017

ehey Andaman and nicobar vallaki praful patel ki appudu modi anna chai ki pilichi talked.

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