 "The last of the four corvettes built under Project 28, INS Kavaratti (pictured) will be commissioned before end-2019 — three years later than contracted PHOto: Reuters")
Workmen bustle over INS Kavaratti, a sleek anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette nearing completion at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, on the monsoon-swollen Hooghly river. The last of four corvettes built under Project 28, Kavaratti will be commissioned before end-2019 — three years later than contracted.
Besides being late, Project 28 is also over-budget — by an incredible 250 per cent. The four corvettes were sanctioned for Rs 2,700 crore, but INS Kamorta, Kadmatt, Kiltan and Kavaratti will end up costing about Rs 7,000 crore in all.
Even so, there is no complaint from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), or from
