Standing Committee on Defence visits ENC and NSTL

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence SCOD visited the ENC, Visakhapatnam on 28 August 2021. Hon’ble Shri Jual Oram, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence along with 18-member delegation comprising Hon'ble Members of Parliament, Officials from Lok Sabha Secretariat and MoD were briefed on the role and operational activities of the ENC. The team interacted with Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, FOCINC, ENC. The team was given a guided tour of indigenously build Stealth Multi-role Frigate INS Satpura. The team also visited various facilities of Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam and reviewed the operational preparedness of the Indian Navy on the Eastern seaboard. The SCOD members paid homage to the naval personnel who made the supreme sacrifice, in the line of duty to the nation at the ‘Smaram Sthal’ Memorial at Naval Dockyard. Later, the SCOD team visited Naval Science and Technological Laboratory NSTL, the DRDO Laboratory at Visakhapatnam.