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Rajnath Singh reviews coastal security

| | Jun 07, 2016, at 04:53 am
New Delhi, Jun 6 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday reviewed the issues related to coastal security with the officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Inter-State Council Secretariat (ISCS) and Registrar General of India.
Susheel Kumar, Secretary (Border Management) briefed about the status of coastal security and measures being taken in this regard. 
 
Department of Border Management made a detailed presentation about coastal security issues, which included coastal policing, patrolling in territorial waters, contiguous zone and Exclusive Economic Zone, empowerment of coastal police stations to investigate crimes committed in EEZ, training of coastal police, setting up of Marine Police Training Institute in Gujarat, security of 26 single-point moorings, security of 12 major ports and 203 non-major ports in the coastal States/UTs. 
 
During the meeting, safety and security of fishermen, issue of cards to them and colour coding of fishing vessels were also reviewed.
 
The issues of coastal mapping of coastal police stations, local police stations, fishing landing points, ports, customs and immigration check posts on the coastal area map of the States / UTs were also discussed in details. The matters relating to tracking of vessels / boats and holistic development of 20 islands identified out of a total of 1382 offshore islands were also discussed. 
 
#Rajnath Singh #Coastal security #Border Management #Fishermen safety

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