Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday launched a seaplane demo flight from Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada to Srisailam in Nandyal district. Within an hour, he landed on water at Srisailam project (reservoir) in Nandyal.
After disembarking from the flight, the chief minister, who was also accompanied by Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu, was received by the district officials.
Later, the CM took a ropeway to reach the top of a hill at Srisailam project and boarded a bus to visit Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Varla Devasthanam (temple).
Earlier, addressing a meeting during the launch of the demo flight at Punnami Ghat on the Krishna river in Vijayawada, the CM said, "This is a new experiment (seaplane demo flight). I am very happy. If anything new happens in the country, it should happen in Amaravati. We are going ahead with that motto."
According to Naidu, seaplane services would be an innovative opportunity which will promote economic activities to create employment.
