India / India will send deep ocean mission with three travellers by 2024 samudrayan

New Delhi : After space, India is preparing to take a big leap in the sea as well. After sending a manned mission to space in 2023, India will also send a manned mission to the deep sea in 2024. Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh informed that three scientists will be sent from the ocean to the deep sea of ​​5000 meters to find the hidden mineral deposits inside the sea.

After the launch of the International India Science Festival (IISF) here on Saturday, Singh said the Union government has recently approved the 'Deep Ocean Mission'. Under this mission, a few days ago, Samudrayaan has been launched for research at a depth of 500 meters. But this seaplane is being prepared anew for manned missions. Apart from the laboratories of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, ISRO is also working in this. The target is that by 2024, Samudrayaan carrying three passengers will land in the sea to a depth of five kilometers. The deep ocean floor is likely to hold immense reserves of minerals that are either not available on Earth or are slowly getting depleted.

According to Professor Sunil Kumar Singh, Director, National Institute of Oceans (CSIR-NIO), after conducting an in-depth study of three lakh square kilometer area in the Indian Ocean, those places have been identified where large-scale polymetallic material is present on the ocean floor. Is. The International Seabed Authority has given permission to India for research work in an area of ​​18,000 km. The area is estimated to contain 100 million metric tonnes of polymetallic material. Cobalt, iron, manganese, copper and nickel can be obtained in large quantities by processing it. There is a severe shortage of cobalt in the country.

According to Dr. M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, work is being done on two levels on Samudrayaan. One, it is being prepared to carry humans to a depth of five-six thousand kilometers. Second, work is also underway to develop techniques for extracting minerals from the deep sea. The effort is that the minerals that are found there, they should be processed there and extracted. Actually, there is no technology to extract minerals from such deep sea anywhere in the world.

The cost of construction of Samudrayaan is estimated to be Rs 350 crore. Whereas for the 'Deep Ocean Mission', the cabinet has approved six thousand crore rupees. The US, Russia, France, Japan and China are among the countries that have launched such large-scale missions at sea.