Project Seabird Phase IIA facilities opened at Karwar Naval Base
Why in the news
Chief of Defence Staff General N.S. Raja Subramani inaugurated residential complexes and support infrastructure built under Project Seabird Phase IIA at Karwar Naval Base on 8 October 2026.
Key facts
- Facilities opened: a 60-unit tower for married senior sailors, a 60-unit tower for naval civilian staff, a complex for 156 DSC personnel, a KG school and utility infrastructure.
- Builders: residential complexes by NCC Limited, Hyderabad; main infrastructure by Semindia Projects India Limited.
- Phase IIA aims to station more ships and submarines at Karwar and includes a dual-use naval air station, a naval dockyard and logistics facilities.
- About 10,000 uniformed and civilian personnel and their families are to live at the base.
- Atmanirbhar Bharat: more than 90% indigenous materials and equipment.
- Green building: expected IGBC Gold rating on completion.
- Vice Admiral Vivek Dahiya, Director General Seabird, attended.
About Project Seabird
Project Seabird is developing a major naval base near Karwar in Karnataka. The project was first sanctioned in 1985, and its Phase IIA expansion was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security in December 2012. The base, INS Kadamba, was commissioned on 31 May 2005 and comes under the Western Naval Command. The expansion is expected to support jobs and the local economy in North Kannada district.
Exam angle
- Project Seabird = Karwar naval base, Karnataka; base name INS Kadamba.
- Current CDS: General N.S. Raja Subramani.
- Phase IIA features: dual-use naval air station and naval dockyard.