Navadra Lighthouse

Navadra Lighthouse is about 7 Km South of Dwarka-Porbandar coastal highway. There is a metalled road up to Navadra village and then a dusty cart track exists up to the Lighthouse. The entire coast is rocky and has been converted into wind power generating farm. There are a number of wind generators around the Lighthouse. The wind generators supply electricity to Gujarat Electricity Board grid.There is a small fishing terminal about 3 km from the village. No light existed on the long coast line between Dwarka and Porbandar prior to the present Lighthouse. The cliff, on which Lighthouse has been constructed, has an elevation of about 25m.The construction of Lighthouse tower was taken up and completed during 1984-86. The lighting equipment, PRB-21,supplied by M/s Asia Navigation Aids, New Delhi, was installed on the tower and commissioned into service on 4th July 1986. The first experiment of replacing imported sealed beam lamps by auto headlamps with 100W halogen lamps was conducted at this Lighthouse during 1994-95. After its successful field trials, the modified system became operational since 1st January 1995. The light house was damaged during the cyclone of June 1998.The service was however immediately restored.