[4] Built by Tebma Shipyard Limited, the ship based out of Mumbai has a 90% locally sourced content, much more than the usual 50% thanks to the Make in India initiative started by PM Narendra Modi.

[5][6] The dredger built at Tebma's Malpe facility in Karnataka is a self-propelled grab-hopper dredger that can discharge dredged material through eight hopper doors controlled by hydraulic rams and chains over pulley out at sea.

Grab-hopper dredgers generally produce minimal turbidity and less disturbance to marine ecosystem.

[7][8][9] Indian Navy which used to outsource its dredging operations had floated a tender for its 1st exclusively owned dredger in 2012, and Tebma shipyard had won the bid in 2013.

This dredger is the 22nd vessel built by the company for the Indian Navy, having previously supplied tugs and special purposes barges.