Ministry of Defence and Goa Shipyard Ltd signs contract for construction of two Pollution Control Vessels for Indian Coast Guard
- The Ministry of Defence has inked a contract with Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) on June 22, 2021, for construction of two Pollution Control Vessels (PCVs) for Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
- The two Special Role ships will be indigenously designed, developed and built by GSL, at an estimated cost of Rs 583 crore.
- The two vessels are expected to be delivered by November 2024 and May 2025 respectively.
- The new PCVs will be used for pollution response requirements in Eastern and the ecologically sensitive Andaman & Nicobar Regions.
- It will significantly enhance the capability of ICG to respond to Oil spill disasters at sea as well as improve Pollution Response (PR) efficiency.
- The acquisition deal has been signed under ‘Buy Indian – Indigenously Designed Developed & Manufactured (Buy Indian-IDDM)’, the highest priority category for defence capital procurements.