India has potential to start 10,000 seaplanes: Nitin Gadkari
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that India has the potential of starting 10,000 seaplanes. "We have 3 to 4 lakh ponds in India, plenty of dams, 2,000 river ports, 200 small ports and 12 major ports. It will cost less," he said. Gadkari added that he has asked Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju to formulate regulations for seaplanes.