Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court, on Wednesday, rejected a petition filed by Maritime Energy Heli Air Service Pvt Ltd challenging its blacklisting and the forfeiture of its performance guarantee. The company was responsible for the seaplane service between the Sabarmati Riverfront and the Statue of Unity but failed to demonstrate the procurement of an aircraft. The company had approached the high court last month, claiming that it had won the bid for the seaplane service but received a show-...Read More

Sabarmati: The sea-plane project, connecting Ahmedabad riverfront to the Narmada's Kevadia Statue of Unity, has been mired in controversy once again. After its launch sea-plane frequently required repairs, and as a result, the service has been suspended for some time. Maritime Energy Heli Air Service Private Limited Company, which had won the bid for the sea-plane service, has now taken the matter to the High Court. Maritime Energy Heli Air Services Pvt Ltd successfully bid for sea-plane s...Read More

Ahmedabad: Efforts to resume the seaplane service between Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Riverfront and the Statue of Unity in Kevadia have come up a cropper and the project has been put into the deep freezer by the state government. All the three private players, who had submitted bids for running the service, have backed out citing lack of demand and high operational costs. Launched amidst much publicity in October 2020, the service had to wind up operations in April 2021. During this period...Read More