A 1946 Dakota aircraft, owned by B.K. Birla Group, and extensively used by G.D. Birla and his family members, is being dismantled in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain.
The unused aircraft had gone under the hammer in July 2013. The auction was held following instructions of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to disburse the pending salary of former employees of Bharat Commerce & Industry (BCI).
The BCI that falls under the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs was shut down in 2000. Rajesh Sharma, general manager, Grasim Industries, Nagda in Ujjain district of the state, told mediapersons: "The parts of the plane are being dismantled by engineers of Dakota itself. Its parts will be taken to Gulbarga.
The bid for the aircraft was reportedly bagged by a West Bengal-based firm. This week, two years after the bidding, a team of engineers from Dakota started dismantling the plane that is standing on the Nagda airstrip once used by the Birla Group.
According to old timers, the Dakota aircraft took its last sortie from Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1990.
In all likelihood, the parts of the rare aircraft will be transported to the Kesoram Cement plant in Gulbarga district of Karnataka where it might find a home.
29/01/15 Anup Datta/Mail Today
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The unused aircraft had gone under the hammer in July 2013. The auction was held following instructions of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to disburse the pending salary of former employees of Bharat Commerce & Industry (BCI).
The BCI that falls under the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs was shut down in 2000. Rajesh Sharma, general manager, Grasim Industries, Nagda in Ujjain district of the state, told mediapersons: "The parts of the plane are being dismantled by engineers of Dakota itself. Its parts will be taken to Gulbarga.
The bid for the aircraft was reportedly bagged by a West Bengal-based firm. This week, two years after the bidding, a team of engineers from Dakota started dismantling the plane that is standing on the Nagda airstrip once used by the Birla Group.
According to old timers, the Dakota aircraft took its last sortie from Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1990.
In all likelihood, the parts of the rare aircraft will be transported to the Kesoram Cement plant in Gulbarga district of Karnataka where it might find a home.
29/01/15 Anup Datta/Mail Today
