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Length of Vizhinjam wharf to be increased

Length of Vizhinjam wharf to be increased - southindia - Thiruvananthapuram - ibnlive


THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An Indian Coast Guard proposal to strengthen its presence down south has effected an addition to the Phase I plan for the multi-crore Vizhinjam seaport project. To enable permanent deployment of Coast Guard vessels in Vizhinjam, the State Government has in principle agreed to increase the wharf length planned in Phase I by 125 metres. As per the original design, the wharf length in this phase is only 650 metres.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is expected to bear the cost of constructing the extra length of wharf.

"We have no problem in adding 125 more metres to the wharf. But the cost has to be borne by MoD. The State Government will inform MoD of the cost,’’ State Ports Secretary Manoj Joshi said.

The new development will in no way hamper the original construction plans for Phase I, he said.

The Coast Guard’s request came at a recent Civil-Military Liaison Conference chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and the Southern Army Commander Lt Gen A K Singh. The extra wharf would cost close to Rs 100 crore, a sum which the state is reluctant to shell out of its own pocket.

Phase I of the Vizhinjam seaport is scheduled to be commissioned by 2015. The growing strategic importance of the� southern maritime region has triggered heightened vigil by the Navy, IAF and Coast Guard. Earlier, the Navy too had requested space at Vizhinjam port, but no fresh proposal has been made, the Ports Secretary said.

The Coast Guard’s expansion plan for its Vizhinjam station was put on the back burner largely due to non-allocation of land by the government. With the government okaying quay space at Vizhinjam, the Coast Guard plans to station larger vessels to monitor the southern waters, Coast Guard sources said.

The agency has also requested five acres of land at Vizhinjam for establishing accommodation facilities and a helipad.

 

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COAST GUARD STATIONSThere are thirty-one Coast Guard Stations in the country. Details are as under:-State/Union Territory No. of Coast Guard Stations
Gujarat 07 (Porbandar, Okha, Jakhau, Vadinar, Mundra, Gandhinagar & Veraval)
Maharashtra 03 (Mumbai, Ratnagiri & Murud Janjira)
Goa 01 (Goa)
Karnataka 02 (New Mangalore & Karwar)
Kerala 03 (Kochi, Beypore & Vizhinjam)
Lakshwadeep & Minicoy Islands 02 (Kavarati & Minicoy)
Tamil Nadu 03 (Chennai, Tuticorin & Mandapam)
Puducherry 01 (Puducherry)
Andhra Pradesh 02 (Vizag & Kakinada)
Orissa 01 (Paradip)
West Bengal 01 (Haldia)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 04 (Port Blair, Hutbay, Campbell Bay & Mayabunder)
Delhi 01 (New Delhi)

Government has approved eleven additional stations which includes a station at Pipavav on the Gujarat coast. Modernisation and strengthening of Coast Guard is an ongoing process and a priority of the Government. Adequate funds for this purpose is available. This information was given by Defence Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju in a written reply to Dr. Mahendrasinh P. Chauhan, Shri C.R. Patil, Shri P.P. Chauhan, Shri S. Semmalai and Dr. Kruparani Killi in Lok Sabha today.

 

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COAST GUARD STATIONSThere are thirty-one Coast Guard Stations in the country. Details are as under:-State/Union Territory No. of Coast Guard Stations
Gujarat 07 (Porbandar, Okha, Jakhau, Vadinar, Mundra, Gandhinagar & Veraval)
Maharashtra 03 (Mumbai, Ratnagiri & Murud Janjira)
Goa 01 (Goa)
Karnataka 02 (New Mangalore & Karwar)
Kerala 03 (Kochi, Beypore & Vizhinjam)
Lakshwadeep & Minicoy Islands 02 (Kavarati & Minicoy)
Tamil Nadu 03 (Chennai, Tuticorin & Mandapam)
Puducherry 01 (Puducherry)
Andhra Pradesh 02 (Vizag & Kakinada)
Orissa 01 (Paradip)
West Bengal 01 (Haldia)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 04 (Port Blair, Hutbay, Campbell Bay & Mayabunder)
Delhi 01 (New Delhi)

Government has approved eleven additional stations which includes a station at Pipavav on the Gujarat coast. Modernisation and strengthening of Coast Guard is an ongoing process and a priority of the Government. Adequate funds for this purpose is available. This information was given by Defence Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju in a written reply to Dr. Mahendrasinh P. Chauhan, Shri C.R. Patil, Shri P.P. Chauhan, Shri S. Semmalai and Dr. Kruparani Killi in Lok Sabha today.

Why is there a coast guard station in Delhi????????????

 

[rockstarIN]

Why is there a coast guard station in Delhi????????????

HQ of Coast Guard is in Delhi

 

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11 more Lanka fishermen nabbed - southindia - Orissa - ibnlive

Posted on Jul 29, 2011 at 12:45pm IST


PARADIP: The Indian Coast Guard nabbed 11 more Sri Lankan fishermen for illegally entering into the Indian waters on Thursday and seized two boats from them. This comes barely two days after 13 Lankan fishermen were arrested by the Coast Guard and handed over to Marine Police.

�The Coast Guard ship ‘Vajra’ apprehended two Sri Lankan mechanised fishing boats for poaching in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Tuesday. The Coast Guard ship along with two Lanka boats reached Paradip on Thursday morning.

� Meanwhile, Coast Guard has handed over 11 Lanka crew members and two boats to Marine police, Paradip, on Thursday. Marine Police Station IIC Tejraj Patel said the fishermen, who hail from Sri Lanka, have been taken into custody and are being interrogated. The two boats containing� large quantity of sea fish, are being inspected thoroughly by immigration and customs officials as well as police, he said.

 

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13 Lanka fishermen held by Coast Guard - southindia - Orissa - ibnlive

Posted on Jul 27, 2011 at 12:44pm IST

PARADIP: Thirteen Sri Lankan fishermen have been arrested by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) for illegally entering Orissa Coast for� fishing.

The Coast Guard ship “Saranga” intercepted three Sri Lanka trawlers after spotting them in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) during routine patrolling on Monday and handed over the 13 fishermen on board to the Marine police on Tuesday.

Police said on Saturday, an ICG Dornier aircraft had reported sighting of a trawler off the Orissa Coast under suspicious circumstances.

Receiving information, the Saranga team led by Deputy Inspector-General Sanjeev Dewan sailed to the spot to trace out the trawler.�� On Monday noon, the ICG team spotted three Sri Lankan vessels. The 13 were nabbed on charges of violation of the Maritime Zone of India Act, 1976, which prohibits foreign fishing boats from fishing in the Indian EEZ without licence and approval of the Government of India. The fishermen, who hail from Sri Lanka, have been taken into custody and are being interrogated for suspected links with terrorists and drug dealers.

DSP Santanu Das said the trawlers, containing a large quantity of sea fish, are being examined thoroughly.

 

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HQ of Coast Guard is in Delhi

Really?
That's surprising. I'd assume they would want it near a coastal center. No wonder 26/11 happened.

 

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Really?
That's surprising. I'd assume they would want it near a coastal center. No wonder 26/11 happened.

Not really you have to have a HQ in a central location most likely in a county's capital where all over service HQ are- IA/IAF/IN, IN's HQ is in Delhi 100s of miles from the coast but that is utterly irrelevant. And with today's net centric capability it is even less relevant where a HQ is located.


And can you tell me how does the fact CG HQ is in Delhi mean 26/11 happened? There is NO correlation whatsoever!!

 

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Not really you have to have a HQ in a central location most likely in a county's capital where all over service HQ are- IA/IAF/IN, IN's HQ is in Delhi 100s of miles from the coast but that is utterly irrelevant. And with today's net centric capability it is even less relevant where a HQ is located.


And can you tell me how does the fact CG HQ is in Delhi mean 26/11 happened? There is NO correlation whatsoever!!

To be honest I was expecting the Coast Guard to be a decentralized unit.
As far as 26/11 was concerned I was drawing parallels to the delay of the NSG commandos, based out of Delhi reaching the site.But yeah now that I think about it, it doesn't make too much sense. My bad on that one.

 

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On state’s hi-tech radar, small vessels ‘don’t exist’ - Indian Express

On state’s hi-tech radar, small vessels ‘don’t exist’


Soon after 26/11, the DG Shipping gave the Indian Coast Guard access to ‘real time’ information on commercial vessels entering the Exclusive Economic Zone 200 nautical miles offshore. The Coast Guard anti-piracy centre in Mumbai is now home to a life-size virtual monitor called the Long Range Identification and Tracking System (LRIT), that went live soon after the 2008 attacks and shows every vessel in the EEZ. While the LRIT is in place for bigger vessels, there is no way to track smaller vessels. “In our virtual radar, it’s like they don’t exist,” said a naval officer.

Some states have designed indigenous methods of tracking smaller vessels. Kerala helps fund technical infrastructure in these vessels that makes them identifiable. In Gujarat, experiments are under way for a gate entry system to track the time of a vessel’s entry. In Tamil Nadu, every vessel is given a token number indicating nautical distance and destination, and estimated time of return.


Maharashtra, however, awaits consensus on a slew of proposals to help track smaller vessels. The Mumbai Police have repeatedly sought a ‘transponder-based radar system’ where every small vessel, anchored or sailing, can be tabbed. For such a system, every vessel must have a Distress Alert Transmitter (DAT) or passive transponders like the Automatic Identification System (AIS), but many fishermen’s groups have opposed the additional expense this imposes on them.

Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have utilised funds from the Centre’s National Fisheries Development Board towards this, but Maharashtra is still to take that step. “The other problem with AIS is that the sharpened threat of attacks by Somali pirates causes even larger ships to keep their AIS switched off. Insisting that the AIS be kept switched on means making it vulnerable to attack”, said a naval officer.

 

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The Hindu : News / National : Nine crewmen rescued from sinking ship


The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued nine out of 30 crew members trapped aboard a sinking cargo ship, M.V. Rak Carrier, in the Arabian Sea Thursday morning, an official said.

Foreigners, including Indonesians and Jordanians, sent out a distress call around 8 a.m. to the Indian maritime authorities.

The ICG and other agencies concerned with maritime safety immediately dispatched helicopters and a smaller vessel to the sinking ship, anchored around 25 nautical miles off south Mumbai.

“We are hopeful that the remaining 21 shall also be rescued soon,” an official ICG spokesman said.

An ICG ship, Samudri Prahar, is on its way to help the crew.

 

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One of 30 crewmen is rescued by the Coast Guard from the Panama-flagged M V Rak, which sank 20 nautical miles off the Mumbai coast. Photo Credit: Coast Guard

 

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Coast Guard rescues six crew of Oman vessel in Arabian sea

Coast Guard rescues six crew of Oman vessel in Arabian sea, IBN Live News
PTI | 02:08 PM,Aug 22,2011

Ahmedabad, Aug 22 (PTI) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has rescued six crew members on board an Oman vessel Sakar-7, about 160 nautical miles (NM) off Porbandar coast in the Arabian sea. The incident took place yesterday, when the vessel that was drifting for last 11 days due to technical snag in the engine, entered into Indian territory and was spotted by Coast Guard aircraft on routine patrol in Arabian sea, an official release said today. After the ICG aircraft sighted the vessel adrift about 162 NM south west of Porbandar on August 19, it sent an investigation call to it, which was responded in a suspicious manner, the release said. ICGS Vijit, which was patrolling close to Dwarka, was diverted towards the suspected vessel, while the Coast Guard aircraft continued surveillance on the vessel, and merchant ships transiting through the area were cautioned about the vessel. The Coast Guard officers from Vijit took control of the ship on August 20 and interrogated all the six crew members on board the vessel of Sultanate of Oman. "It was found that the vessel Sakar-7 of Sultanate of Oman with six crew on board (one Oman and five Yemen) was drifting due to technical snag in the engine for the last 11 days on the high seas," it said. Due to prevailing weather and currents, the vessel was drifting in an easterly direction and entered Indian waters. "The enhanced air and surface surveillance efforts of the ICG resulted in timely detection of this drifting vessel which required immediate assistance," it added. The Coast Guard ship Vijit had towed the vessel and reached Porbandar today for further handing over formalities, the ICG release added.

 

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Coast Guard copter crashes while taxiing - The Times of India


DAMAN: A newly acquired Chetak helicopter of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), which was to take off for flood-hit Valsad, was involved in a ground accident while taxiing on the runway here on Tuesday, official sources said.

One of the under carriages of the Chetak helicopter, which was still under guarantee period and bought just two months ago from the HAL, collapsed, leading its main rotor to hit the ground. However, the pilot, the co-pilot and the diver, who were in the helicopter, have escaped unhurt, they said. The helicopter had on Monday carried out an aerial survey over Gujarat and was on way to Valsad for flood relief operation when the incident occurred, the officials said. The Indian Coast Guard has ordered a probe. tnn

 

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Indian Coast Guard will focus on 'Safer Lives, Safer Coast And Safer Seas' in 2014

Vice Admiral A G Thapliyal,Director-General of the Indian Coast Guard, said Friday that the coast guard would focus on 'Safer Lives, Safer Coast And Safer Seas' in 2014.

Addressing a press conference on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the founding of the force, Vice-Admiral Thapliyal said that since its inception, the service has grown into a multi-faceted, vibrant and credible force, maintaining round the clock vigil in the vast maritime zones of India.

"In the last few years, the coastal security infrastructure has been made robust and strengthened. The standard operating procedures on coastal security have immensely contributed towards synergizing the efforts of the stakeholders," he said.

"The ICG has been complementing the Indian Navy's lead in strengthening the overall maritime security.

About 15 coastal security exercises and 27 coastal security operations have been conducted in the preceding year alone," he added.

"The addition of 29 surface platforms (one each Pollution Control Vessel and Offshore Patrol Vessel, 12 Fast Patrol Vessels, eight Air Cushion Vessels and seven Interceptor Boats) and supporting shore infrastructure which includes a Regional Headquarter (North-East) at Kolkata and District Headquarters-14 at Port Blair in the recent past is an earnest effort by this growing service to ensure presence all along the 7500 Km long Indian coastline and render swift response to emergency contingencies at sea. We expect to add another 15-20 vessels this year," the Coast Guard chief said.

"Today, the Indian Coast Guard has an organizational structure comprising five regional headquarters, 14 district headquarters, 41 stations and 9 air stations/ enclaves with suitably equipped surface and air units dispersed along these stations on 24x7 days task of surveillance round the year," he added.

He also maintained that piracy by Somalians has witnessed a downward trend in attacks since 2010.

He said that the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard have jointly mounted operations to prevent piracy raids since 2010.

"The Indian Coast Guard has carved a niche for itself at the international level and is today recognized as one of the leading coast guards in the Indian Ocean Rim region," he said.

Indian Coast Guard will focus on 'Safer Lives, Safer Coast And Safer Seas' in 2014 | Business Standard