Reaching Garden Reach Shipbuilders &amp; Engineers Ltd can be daunting. As you cross the Kidderpore docks, the grey metalled road vanishes into a dusty, uneven motorway with a maze of trailers, heavy duty trucks and speeding autorickshaws vying for space. The long bumpy ride terminates when you reach the end of the city limits at Metiabruz which houses the main gate of the 125-year-old shipyard of Kolkata.

><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'>On war footing</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>A walk through one of the country

Reaching Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd can be daunting. As you cross the Kidderpore docks, the grey metalled road vanishes into a dusty, uneven motorway with a maze of trailers, heavy duty trucks and speeding autorickshaws vying for space. The long bumpy ride terminates when you reach the end of the city limits at Metiabruz which houses the main gate of the 125-year-old shipyard of Kolkata.

On war footing

A walk through one of the countrys biggest defence shipyards

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