Nearly two decades after the country built two submarines — INS Shalki and INS Shankul — under a technology transfer agreement with Germany’s HDW, India has finally got a swanky new submarine assembly workshop at the Mazagon Dock in Mumbai. After the ’80s, no other submarines were built in the country following the decision to source submarines from Russia. But defence minister Manohar Parrikar, who inaugurated the facility, is aiming for self-sufficiency in this area now. Built at a cost of Rs.153 crore, the workshop will make it possible to assemble five submarines at the same time. The facility will also create a second line of submarines at Mazagon Dock, which already assembles Scorpene-class submarines at its East Yard in collaboration with France’s DCNS. By the looks of it, the facility will ensure lesser delays and more underwater depth for the Indian Navy in the long run.