Siddaramaiah felicitates ISRO chief S Somanath, other scientists for Chandrayaan-3 success

Speaking proudly about ISRO's achievements, the Chief Minister said that the ISRO chairman and scientists will be honoured by the government. A program will be organised by the government in the banquet hall of Vidhansouda. "We will do a special ceremony to honour the ISRO team," he said.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the Indian Space Research Organisation's main headquarters in the Peenya area here and congratulated the team of ISRO scientists on the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3. CM Siddaramaiah felicitated ISRO chief S Somanath with Mysore Peta (turban) and celebrated the historic occasion by distributing sweets.

ISRO achieved a major milestone in space science on Wednesday as it was able to successfully soft-land on the south pole of the Moon on Wednesday, an accomplishment no other country has managed so far.

"History has been made by Vikram Lander stepping into the Moon's courtyard. The success of Chandrayaan-3 is a moment of pride for all of us. I also watched Vikram rover landing. Very happy and also proud. This is a great achievement, scientists have been working hard for many years," the Chief Minister said.

"Chandrayaan-3 success is the result of the efforts of approximately 500 scientists. It has covered a distance of 3,84,000 km and has done a great job. Personally, I am very happy. The achievement of Chandrayaan-3 was historic and the entire world looked towards India. Only Russia, America and China had reached the moon. Now India has successfully reached the South Pole of the Moon. We all should be happy with this achievement," he added.

Government to honour ISRO scientists:Speaking proudly about ISRO's achievements, the Chief Minister said that the ISRO chairman and scientists will be honoured by the government. A program will be organised by the government in the banquet hall of Vidhansouda. "We will do a special ceremony to honour the ISRO team," he said.

Assembly Speaker UT Khader also visited the ISRO Centre and congratulated all the scientists. Khader said that it was a historic day for India. Minister Bosaraju and Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma were also present on the occasion. On Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar visited ISRO and congratulated the entire team.

ISRO President Somnath, U R Rao Space Center Director Shankaran, Project Director Veeramuthu, Assistant Project Director Kalpana, Machine Maintenance Director Srikanth and other scientists were honoured by wearing Mysore turbans, shawls and garlands by DK Shivakumar.