{"id":115051,"date":"2021-06-28T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T05:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=115051"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:46:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:16:24","slug":"defence-minister-reviews-development-works-at-karwar-naval-base-under-project-seabird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/defence-minister-reviews-development-works-at-karwar-naval-base-under-project-seabird\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Minister reviews development works at Karwar Naval Base under \u2018Project Seabird\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is the News?<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Union\u00a0Defence\u00a0Minister has reviewed the status of the Indian Navy\u2019s Project Seabird at the\u00a0Karwar\u00a0Naval Base.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">About Project Seabird:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"49\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"32\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Project Seabird\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">is the largest naval infrastructure project at\u00a0Karwar, Karnataka.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"49\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"33\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The project involves\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">creation of a naval base at\u00a0Karwar\u00a0on the west coast of India.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"49\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"34\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Upon completion,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">the project will provide the Indian Navy with its largest naval base on the west coast and also the largest naval base east of the Suez Canal.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Phases of the Project Seabird:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"50\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"35\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Phase I\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">comprises construction of a deep-sea\u00a0harbour, breakwaters, dredging, a township, a naval hospital, dockyard uplift\u00a0centre\u00a0and a ship lift.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"50\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"36\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Phase II<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security in 2012. It envisages expanding facilities to house additional warships and set up a new Naval Air Station among other plans.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"50\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"37\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Furthermore,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0the Navy\u2019s lone aircraft carrier\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">INS\u00a0Vikramaditya<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is also based at\u00a0Karwar.\u00a0The\u00a0base also has the country\u2019s first sealift facility, a unique\u00a0shiplift\u00a0and transfer system for docking and undocking ships and submarines.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/defence-minister-rajnath-singh-reviews-development-works-at-karwar-naval-base-under-project-seabird\/articleshow\/83811259.cms\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">TOI<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News?\u00a0\u00a0 The Union\u00a0Defence\u00a0Minister has reviewed the status of the Indian Navy\u2019s Project Seabird at the\u00a0Karwar\u00a0Naval Base.\u00a0\u00a0 About Project Seabird:\u00a0\u00a0 Project Seabird\u00a0is the largest naval infrastructure project at\u00a0Karwar, Karnataka.\u00a0\u00a0 The project involves\u00a0creation of a naval base at\u00a0Karwar\u00a0on the west coast of India.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Upon completion,\u00a0the project will provide the Indian Navy with its largest&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/defence-minister-reviews-development-works-at-karwar-naval-base-under-project-seabird\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Defence Minister reviews development works at Karwar Naval Base under \u2018Project Seabird\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8043,1566,1738,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs-cat","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700532064},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}