With an objective of strengthening the ‘Make in India’ initiative by, BEML Limited, a Defence Public Sector, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dredging Corporation of India Limited for indigenous design, development and manufacture of spares for dredgers.

The MoU was signed by P Dwarakanath, CMD, BEML and Rajesh Tripathi, CMD, DCI Limited in the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping and Rajive Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping.

The MoU is for supply of various type of spares for the existing dredgers and also supply of backhoe excavators for new dredgers. Spares include heavy fabricated and machined components and hydraulic aggregates.

By leveraging the infrastructure and technology base developed for mining & construction machinery, BEML has entered into dredging business.

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