Home From the archives Building mechanized boat under Norwegian supervisors, India, Kerala, 1968 (Source Klausen, Arne Martin, 1968)

Building mechanized boat under Norwegian supervisors, India, Kerala, 1968 (Source Klausen, Arne Martin, 1968)

The Indo-Norwegian Project included a boat-building yard and a marine engineering workshop and included attempts to improve the condition of the local population through an extensive health and drinking water programme. This photograph displays the interior of the boat-building yard, with workers constructing the frame of a small trawl vessel. A Norwegian supervisor stands to the left.

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