<p>The delivery of the submarine will be as scheduled in October-November, the sources told IANS, rebutting reports that the Akula-II class vessel had already begun its journey to India.<br /><br />Mikhail Dmitriyev, head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, had in June confirmed that Russia would transfer the submarine, to be named INS Chakra, for a 10 year-lease to India in the autumn of 2010.<br /><br />This followed an agreement inked between New Delhi and Moscow in January 2004, with India partly funding the submarine's construction at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard in the Russian Far East with an initial $650 million.<br /><br />The submarine was scheduled to be inducted in the Indian Navy in mid-2008 but technical problems delayed the process. <br /><br />After that, just as it began its sea trials in November 2008, 20 sailors and technical workers were killed on it due to a toxic gas leak when the automatic fire extinguishing system malfunctioned. <br /><br />After repairs, which cost an estimated $65 million, the submarine is now fully operational.<br />Akula-II class vessels are considered the quietest and deadliest of all Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines.</p>
<p>The delivery of the submarine will be as scheduled in October-November, the sources told IANS, rebutting reports that the Akula-II class vessel had already begun its journey to India.<br /><br />Mikhail Dmitriyev, head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, had in June confirmed that Russia would transfer the submarine, to be named INS Chakra, for a 10 year-lease to India in the autumn of 2010.<br /><br />This followed an agreement inked between New Delhi and Moscow in January 2004, with India partly funding the submarine's construction at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard in the Russian Far East with an initial $650 million.<br /><br />The submarine was scheduled to be inducted in the Indian Navy in mid-2008 but technical problems delayed the process. <br /><br />After that, just as it began its sea trials in November 2008, 20 sailors and technical workers were killed on it due to a toxic gas leak when the automatic fire extinguishing system malfunctioned. <br /><br />After repairs, which cost an estimated $65 million, the submarine is now fully operational.<br />Akula-II class vessels are considered the quietest and deadliest of all Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines.</p>