He appreciated the efforts of shipyard in the construction of Indigenous Aircraft Carrier and looked at the contribution made by M/s Mactaggart Scott, UK, for the deck edge lifts for aircraft.
He also briefly interacted with four women workers—
Jagadamma, the only women welder at the shipyard and fitters Shobhanakumari, Vijayamma and Rajalakshmi.
‘Are you Happy? , What are your names? How long have you been here?', the Prince asked as he moved on.
Shobhanakumari, who has been at the Hull Shop for 34 years, is a gold medalist in the Asian Masters Athletic meet in 1996 at Seoul and in the 2005 Bangalore Asian meet she had cornered two medals.
