Indian monsoon flooding In between hills, its two-way traffic of choppers

Stepping up relief and rescue operations in Uttarakhand, the defiance ministry deployed quite forty six choppers happiness to the military and so the IAF there beside quite 10,000 troops at intervals the rain-ravaged components of hill state.

IAF deployed twenty Mi-17s and sixteen advanced light-weight Helicopters at intervals the state where they have exhausted over 1,500 people. Army together deployed over 8,000 of its troops there beside over 3,000 personnel of the Border Roads Organization BRO, a defiance ministry official same today.

With nearly four dozen choppers, also as those of the military, IAF and civilian ones, engaged in rescue operations in Uttarakhand, it's become a usual sight to spot a pair of or lots of helicopters navigating the slim areas between a pair of neighboring hills from opposite directions.

However, though a close-flying chopper might upset a traditional mortal, for a trained pilot, it isn't even a maneuver as he exclusively sticks to the convention of flying the chopper close to hill on the right.

The IAF, that has deployed the foremost choppers, had been demand on an obsessive helipad, but got one exclusively on weekday. With the weather forecast warning of great rains from Sunday, the choppers unit of measurement presently athletics against the clock to finish evacuation of the stranded by Sunday amount of your time.

A senior ITBP officer, global organization agency flew over the flood-ravaged areas recently, was told by the pilot that somewhat sort of a left-hand aspect driving system for the roads, a right-hand aspect arrangement is followed for navigating a chopper in mountainous parcel, notably in between a pair of cliffs.

"In case there is a chopper coming from the opposite direction, it's going to boot fly nearer to hill on its right... this nearly ensures two-way traffic, ruling out any chances of a mid-air collision," the officer quoted the IAF pilot as language.

However, there unit of measurement wise challenges that the choppers face. Weather, notably on the and weekday, affected morning sorties, though ancient airlifting operations resumed by time of day.

The particular proven fact that the IAF choppers unit of measurement refusing to carry over five persons on the way facet an explicit height has to boot restricted the pace of evacuation.

Norway police cut traffic penalty for 'lower-income' Swede

Norway Police cut in half a traffic fine for a Swedish trucker on the grounds that Swedes earn less than Norwegians, Oslo newspaper reports.

Ulf Ander Andersson, 61, was driving a lorry for his Norwegian employer in March when he was stopped by police, who found his brakes were not in order.

He was fined £857 ($1,323) but last month got a letter saying the sum had been reduced due to his nationality.

Mr Andersson told VG he was grateful, though he found it "very strange".

The two Scandinavian nations are among the richest in the world.

Norway enjoys a higher GDP per capita than its bigger neighbour: nearly $52,000 compared to $38,000, according to IMF figures for 2010.

In their letter to Mr Andersson, Norwegian police said they had taken the fact that he was Swedish into consideration, and therefore reduced the 8,000-krona fine "with regard to your income level".

"I thank them for the rebate, but I find it very strange," the driver said.

"I actually make more than my Norwegian colleagues since the Swedish krona is weak and I live in Sweden. They should be able to figure that out.