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Mumbai’s civic body has scrapped a tender with a company based in Turkey
The tender aimed to purchase six robotic rescue vehicles for helping lifeguards
The equipment was to be sourced from Turkish company Maren Robotics
Mumbai:
The Mumbai civic body has scrapped a key tender to buy beach safety equipment from a Turkish company as the government continues to ramp up heat on Turkey for siding with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
The tender was to buy six robotic water rescue vehicles to assist lifeguards at various beaches in the coastal city, including Girgaum Chowpatty, Dadar Shivaji Park, Juhu, Versova, Aksa, and Gorai.
The vendor who had won the tender to bid would have sourced the devices from Maren Robotics, a Turkish company.
Turkey’s support to Pakistan came under focus during Operation Sindoor, under which India struck at least nine terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir in response to the ghastly terror attack in Pahalgam. Turkey not only supported Pakistan ideologically but also armed it with weapons that were used in the three-day conflict.
In a strong message a week later, New Delhi reminded Ankara that relations are built on the basis of sensitivities to each other’s concerns and that they must encourage Islamabad to address the problem of terrorism.
Turkey’s stand during the India-Pakistan conflict had also lowered their credibility among the Indian community, with calls of boycotting Turkish products echoing through the corporate corridors of the country.
