29-03-2024 | 18:22 PM
Recently, the Defence Minister inaugurated the infrastructure projects at the Indian Navy’s Karwar base under Project ‘Seabird.’
Key Highlights
(i) It is a naval infrastructure project which entails the creation of a naval base at Karwar (Karnataka) on the western coast of India.
(ii) The Project includes two major piers and seven residential towers.
(iii) The first phase of Project Seabird, concluded in 2011, was designed to accommodate 10 ships.
(iv) The Phase-IIA of the project includes berthing facilities for 32 ships and submarines, along with 23 yardcraft.
(v) It was approved in 1999 following the Pokhran-II by the then Union Defence Minister George Fernandes.
(vi) Post-Indo-Pak War of 1971, there was a need for an additional naval base since Mumbai Harbour faced congestion, which led to security issues for its Western Fleet.
