NEW DELHI (The Thursday Times) — India ne apni navy ke liye aath next-generation stealth corvettes banane ke liye Rs40,000 crore se zyada (taqreeban 4 arab 50 crore dollar) ke aik mansoobe ki manzoori de di hai, jis se Indian Ocean bhar mein karrawaiyon ke liye tez raftar, multirole jangi jahazon ki aik nayi class shamil hogi.
Wazir-e-Azam Narendra Modi ki sadarat mein Cabinet Committee on Security ne is hafte is programme ki manzoori di, The Indian Express ne report kiya. Kolkata mein sarkari milkiyat wali Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers aur Goa Shipyard Limited ke saath jald aik contract par dastakhat hone ki tawaqqo hai; industry reports ke mutabiq GRSE in mein se 5 jahaz aur Goa Shipyard 3 jahaz tayyar karega.
Navy ke maqami design par banaye jane wale yeh corvettes taqreeban 30 knots ki raftar tak pahunch sakenge aur inhein anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, nigrani aur jasoosi, aur sahili difa ke liye banaya gaya hai. Deliveries 2030 tak shuru hone ki tawaqqo hai.
Yeh navy ke 4 Kamorta-class corvettes ke saath shamil honge, jo zyada tar abdozon ka shikar karne ke liye tayyar kiye gaye hain, aur in ka maqsad bare frontline destroyers aur frigates par dabao kam karna hai. Defence Acquisition Council ne pehli baar June 2022 mein Rs36,000 crore ki andazan lagat par is project ki manzoori di thi.
Yeh manzoori bare naval orders ke silsile ki taza tareen kari hai, jabke New Delhi apne surface fleet ko barha raha hai aur navy Indian Ocean aur Arabian Sea mein apni taqat ka izhar karna chahti hai.
