coastal defence exercise: Navy conducts two-day coastal defence exercise

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The Navy on Thursday stated Train Sea Vigil-22, a two-day coastal defence train, was performed from November 15-16. The conceptual and geographical expanse of Sea Vigil included contingencies starting from peace to war-time throughout all the shoreline and EEZ of the nation. As well as, mitigation measures, on shore, in case of any breach in coastal safety mechanism had been additionally validated, it stated.

The train concerned participation of greater than 17 authorities businesses from 9 coastal states and 4 Union Territories which can be concerned within the coastal defence mechanism and coastal safety assemble.

This version of train Sea Vigil noticed the most important participation from all maritime safety businesses. Greater than 500 floor property from the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, states marine, coastal police, customs, forest division, port authorities and personal operators participated within the train, the Navy stated.

Your entire shoreline was saved underneath surveillance by the Navy and Coast Guard ships and plane. Helicopters had been additionally pressed into service to strengthen particular operations personnel working onboard offshore platforms, officers stated.
“As ports kind the nerve centre of sea-borne commerce, safety mechanism of ports was additionally validated through the train and the disaster administration plans of all ports had been assessed for his or her effectiveness to deal with emergencies,” the Navy stated.

The state police groups, Indian Navy Marine Commandos and commandos from Nationwide Safety Guard had been exercised to deal with acts of maritime terrorism, it added.

In line with the Prime Minister’s imaginative and prescient of giving impetus to NCC, enthusiastic participation by greater than 800 NCC cadets was witnessed all throughout the coastal states and UTs. Participation of NCC cadets in an precise nationwide train resulted in enhanced consciousness and involvement amongst the cadets, the Navy stated.

The train additionally validated the technical surveillance infrastructure known as the Nationwide Command, Management, Communication and Intelligence (NC3I) Community. The Info Administration and Evaluation Centre (IMAC) at Gurugram and its numerous nodes throughout IN and CG stations had been exercised for coordinating the surveillance and knowledge dissemination mechanism, it stated.

The envisaged aims of the train had been met by the whole-hearted participation of all stakeholders. The cooperation and coordination amongst numerous businesses concerned is a reassuring signal of progress made within the realm of Coastal Defence and the train would go a great distance in enhancing Coastal Defence and Nationwide Safety within the maritime area.