Flooding reported on INS Kesari at Visakhapatnam dockyard, no casualties

The Indian Navy has confirmed a 'water ingress' incident on INS Kesari, a Shardul-class tank landing ship berthed at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. No casualties were reported and water is being pumped out. Commissioned in 2008, the 5,650-tonne ship delivered Covid-19 relief to the Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros and Seychelles under Mission Sagar in 2020.