The ministry of defense has cancelled the Rs 32,000-crore project to indigenously manufacture 12 minesweepers at Goa Shipyard Limited, ministry sources told The Times of India.

The defense ministry will reportedly announce the tender for the project again. A naval officer based at Mumbai's western command headquarters told TOI that the Indian navy has been left with just four minesweepers to protect India’s 14 ports. The Navy reportedly needs 24 MCMVs to guard the east and west coastline of India.