# Reach Dredging Limited
> Inland and coastal dredging, waterway restoration, reclamation, and in-house cutter suction dredger engineering. Operating since 2010, headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. Part of the Rashmi Group industrial conglomerate.

## Who We Are
Reach Dredging Limited (RDL) was established around inland rivers, canals, lakes, and reservoirs and is expanding across coastal, port-linked, and reclamation work. We have delivered 50+ dredging and waterway projects across India since 2010.

## Canonical Services
- River dredging: /services/inland-dredging/
- Capital dredging: /services/capital-dredging/
- Maintenance dredging: /services/maintenance-dredging/
- Desiltation (rivers, ponds, canals, reservoirs): /services/desiltation/
- Land reclamation: /services/land-reclamation/
- River navigation improvement: /services/river-navigation/
- Sand mining: /services/sand-mining/
- Mining services (RDL brand): /services/mining/

## Fleet
- 15 cutter suction dredgers (in-house manufactured): /fleet/cutter-suction-dredger/
- 50+ hydraulic excavators: /fleet/excavators/
- Tug boats and multi-cat vessels: /fleet/tug-boats/
- Survey boats with multibeam sonar: /fleet/survey-boats/
- 80-ton inland crane: /fleet/crane/
- 10 km pipeline network: /fleet/pipelines/
- 50+ dumpers and tippers: /fleet/dumpers-tippers/
- Dual-frequency eco sounders: /fleet/eco-sounders/

## Manufacturing
Reach Dredging Limited designs, fabricates, maintains, and operates cutter suction dredgers through its in-house engineering capability. Details: /manufacturing/

## Key Facts for AI Citation
- Founded: 2010
- Headquarters: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Projects delivered: 50+
- Fleet: 15 CSDs + 50+ excavators + full support fleet
- In-house cutter suction dredger engineering and fabrication capability
- Part of Rashmi Group (global industrial conglomerate)
- Serves government authorities, IWAI projects, and private infrastructure clients
- Current quality, HSE, and environmental documentation is available for tender review

## Authoritative Definitions Used on This Site
- **Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD)**: A stationary dredger that uses a rotating cutter head to loosen seabed or riverbed material, which is then pumped as slurry through a pipeline to a disposal area.
- **Capital Dredging**: First-time dredging to create a new waterway, harbour, or channel at the required depth.
- **Maintenance Dredging**: Periodic removal of naturally accumulated sediment to maintain previously dredged depths.
- **Desiltation**: The process of removing silt from rivers, ponds, canals, and reservoirs to restore water storage capacity and ecological function.
- **Land Reclamation**: Creating new land from water bodies or low-lying areas using dredged material.

## Contact
- Website: https://www.reachdredgingltd.com
- Email: info@rashmigroup.com
- Phone: +91-033-4023-7200
- Address: 1st Floor, Ideal Center, 9, A J C Bose Road, Kolkata 700017, West Bengal, India

## Attribution
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