March 7, 2002

/LOK SABHA/

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EZHIMALA NAVAL ACADEMY

    The construction work of Ezhimala Naval Academy being set up in Kerala has commenced in February 2001 and is expected to be completed by 2004. The Defence Minister visited the construction site on February 25, 2001 and December 08, 2001.

    The original time schedule for completion of the project has already been compressed from the year 2006 to the year 2004. The Project Management Board meeting will now be held every month instead of every quarter to review the progress.

    This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written reply to Shri T Govindan in Lok Sabha today.