Moscow, Aug 26 Russia will hand over the Akula-II class nuclear submarine&aposNerpa&aposto India after the completion of its sea trials, the country&aposs top general said, without specifying any time-frame for it.
"The trials are underway according to schedule, after which the submarine will be handed over to the Indian Navy," Chief of Russia&aposs General Staff, General Nikolai Makarov was quoted as saying by newsru.Com website Addressing a news conference in Ulan Bator, Gen. Makarov, accompanying President Medvedev on Mongolia tour, however, did not specify the time-frame for the delivery of the much- awaited submarine." There is no fixed schedule (of delivery), but there are no reasons for delay,"he said. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had earlier ordered to hand over the&aposNerpa&aposto Indian Navy on 10-year lease by the end of this year. Built by the Amur Shipyard in the far-eastern Khabarovsk region bordering China,&aposNerpa&aposwas hit by a deadly accident on November 8 last year in the Sea of Japan, when 21 sailors and civilian technical staff were killed due to abrupt release of lethal Freon gas from its fire-suppression system as a result of&aposhuman error&apos.
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