India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's website www.narendramodi.in had a story headline on December 12: PM Modi, who travels from Seaplane, is India's first passenger.

Prior to the second phase of polling on Tuesday, PM Modi traveled from Seaplane to the Dhoroi dam of Mehsana in Sabarmati river of Ahmedabad.

However, later this headline was changed.

The first seaplane tour in India was also claimed on the official Twitter handle of BJP. This is tweeted by other BJP leaders also on their own account. Various TV channels also included the same thing in their headings.

It was said that the seaplane journey will change the look of traffic in India.

But was this really the first seaplane service?

The answer is no.

According to ALT News, the first commercial seaplane service in India was started in 2010. In December of that year, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration and public sector helicopter company Pawan Hans jointly launched a service called Jal Hans.

India's then Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has confirmed this by tweeting recently. The Jal Hans service has now been closed.

In Kerala, the Government of Kerala launched an initiative to launch the seaplane service in June 2013. But protesting by the local fish community failed this project. About that time, Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, did the tweet.

The government has not only initiated the process of bringing the seaplane service to India. Many private companies have announced to launch it in 2011-12. Seabird Seaplane Pvt Ltd was included in 2011. The company had announced to provide service to Kerala and Lakshadweep.

It was also revealed that many safety standards were not taken care of during the trip from Seaplane. You would be surprised to know that this aircraft was a single engine plane, it is clear that if the engine accidentally failed, then it could have been a big mistake.

Sources say that the issue of security standards was raised in front of PM Modi, but they ignored him and traveled by risking his life.

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