PANJIM: Shekhar Dutt, SM, Governor of Chhattisgarh visited Goa Shipyard Ltd, recently. During the visit, a presentation was made to the Governor on the growth of GSL from a barge building yard to a sophisticated shipyard capable of designing and building ships for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard from concept to commissioning.
The Governor was conducted by RAdm (Retd) Vineet Bakhshi VSM, CMD GSL around the shipyard and apprised him of the shipbuilding, ship repair activities and the expertise available at GSL. The governor was also apprised of the modernization programme and progress thereof. The governor had also visited the Shore based Test facility (SBTF) for the MiG 29k and LCA Navy under construction by GSL at INS Hansa on July 27, 2013.
The governor expressed satisfaction on GSL’s progress and capability to design and build sophisticated and high value ships and lauded GSL’s efforts in upgradation of the Shipyard to meet the future defence requirements.
