: Over two years after it was decommissioned from service, aircraft carrier Viraat is going to be scrapped, Parliament was informed on Monday. “INS Viraat could not be handed over to any State Government because of non-receipt of a self-sustaining financially complete proposal. There had been demands from various quarters to not let Viraat go the Vikrant way, India’s first carrier that was eventually scrapped. It submitted a proposal in October 2016 for the conversion of Viraat as an aircraft museum, including tourist and hospitality components on a commercial basis through a joint venture with the Centre. The Navy has stated on several occasions that it cannot keep Viraat indefinitely as it would block space in the already crowded Mumbai dockyard.

Source: The Hindu July 01, 2019 15:56 UTC