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'Not A Single Place On Indian Coastline To Be Without Radar And Surveillance By 2011,' DG-ICG
With an aim to create a fully integrated infrastructure in order to achieve real time coastal surveillance from remote locations, a coastal surveillance network along the coastline is being established, to enhance the surveillance capabilities and effective maritime domain awareness. Announcing this on the 33rd Indian Coast Guard Day, to be celebrated on February 1, Director General Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, said here today that, "This is a Rs 350 crore project which would be in place by 2011, wherein there would be not a single place on the Indian coastline which would not be under the radar and surveillance."
Speaking on the occassion of the annual press conference ahead of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Day, Vice Admiral Chopra said that there has been a plan to put radars on tall infrastructures like light houses, which were there all over the coastline, for the past four-five years, but besides picking up contacts, it was important to identify them. The radars would pick contacts and the sensors would identify them, the information from which would be used centrally for coastal security, by sharing it at different levels with maritime operational authorities for responding to threats. The coastal surveillance network would be strengthened by the inclusion of optronics and other electronic sensors, which would be operational soon.
Talking about the smallest defence service, which grew from two naval frigates to 43 ships, 23 boats and 45 aircraft, the force which is grappling with a manpower challenge with its present strength of 7500 personnel, the DG on the occassion said that by 2012 the ICG would have a total of 40 ICG stations. The DG spoke about the need for quick augmentation of force levels, manpower and associated infrastructure, as coastal security post 26/11 had put the ICG on centre-stage. To meet the demands of the same, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) had sanctioned 40 ships, 20 boats, 42 aircraft, nine stations, around 3200 manpower, and new regional headquarters.
Vice Admiral Chopra informed that in the past one year, the ICG had conducted 14 coastal security exercises and 18 operations jointly with the Indian Navy, to check infiltration, based on intelligence inputs, all of which were successful, said the DG, as the attempts were stemmed, and nothing could be detected.
To recognise the immediate need to identify the vulnerabilities and gaps in coastal security, assistance was being provided to the coastal states by the ICG, based on which 131 additional Coastal Police stations have been proposed by the service in the second phase of the coastal security scheme.
Chindits--Indian armed forces: 'Not A Single Place On Indian Coastline To Be Without Radar And Surveillance By 2011,' DG-ICG
With an aim to create a fully integrated infrastructure in order to achieve real time coastal surveillance from remote locations, a coastal surveillance network along the coastline is being established, to enhance the surveillance capabilities and effective maritime domain awareness. Announcing this on the 33rd Indian Coast Guard Day, to be celebrated on February 1, Director General Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, said here today that, "This is a Rs 350 crore project which would be in place by 2011, wherein there would be not a single place on the Indian coastline which would not be under the radar and surveillance."
Speaking on the occassion of the annual press conference ahead of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Day, Vice Admiral Chopra said that there has been a plan to put radars on tall infrastructures like light houses, which were there all over the coastline, for the past four-five years, but besides picking up contacts, it was important to identify them. The radars would pick contacts and the sensors would identify them, the information from which would be used centrally for coastal security, by sharing it at different levels with maritime operational authorities for responding to threats. The coastal surveillance network would be strengthened by the inclusion of optronics and other electronic sensors, which would be operational soon.
Talking about the smallest defence service, which grew from two naval frigates to 43 ships, 23 boats and 45 aircraft, the force which is grappling with a manpower challenge with its present strength of 7500 personnel, the DG on the occassion said that by 2012 the ICG would have a total of 40 ICG stations. The DG spoke about the need for quick augmentation of force levels, manpower and associated infrastructure, as coastal security post 26/11 had put the ICG on centre-stage. To meet the demands of the same, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) had sanctioned 40 ships, 20 boats, 42 aircraft, nine stations, around 3200 manpower, and new regional headquarters.
Vice Admiral Chopra informed that in the past one year, the ICG had conducted 14 coastal security exercises and 18 operations jointly with the Indian Navy, to check infiltration, based on intelligence inputs, all of which were successful, said the DG, as the attempts were stemmed, and nothing could be detected.
To recognise the immediate need to identify the vulnerabilities and gaps in coastal security, assistance was being provided to the coastal states by the ICG, based on which 131 additional Coastal Police stations have been proposed by the service in the second phase of the coastal security scheme.
Chindits--Indian armed forces: 'Not A Single Place On Indian Coastline To Be Without Radar And Surveillance By 2011,' DG-ICG
but still great news.
