Coast Guard installs two more radars: S.S Dasila
Vigil on activities in sea tightened
Mangaluru, Jan 31: In order to keep strict surveillance and tighten the vigil further along the West Coast, two more radar centers will come up in Kundapura and Belekeri, said Coast Guard DIG and Commander S.S Dasila.
The Coast Guard security force will celebrate its 43rd Founders Day and to mark this occasion, the Coast Guard commander spoke to media at his office here on Friday.
The land acquisition process at Belekeri was completed and the radar centre would be set up at light house in Kundapura.
Already radar centres have been functioning at Bhatkal and Surathkal. These centres would keep vigil on the activities till 60 to 80 nautical miles in the sea. Sitting in Surathkal radar centre, the activities could be watched till Bhatkal as the radars have quality cameras, he said.
The ships and aircrafts of the Coast Guard have made the coastal region of the state safe. Besides keeping a vigil on the illegal activities in the sea, they have been extending helping hand to the fishermen in distress.
The Coast Guard has rescued 202 persons in 2017 in various tragedies including Okhi cyclone, 209 in 2018 and till now, 19 precious lives were saved in 2019.
Apart from this, the coast Guard has participated in rescue operations during flood situation in coastal districts in 2018 and rescued 39 people, he said.
Along with its duty, the coast guard has been involving in social activities too like cleanliness drive, community programmes, medical camps and other awareness programmes, he said.
A documentary on the Coast Guard was screened during the press conference. PRO LM Gajbhiye, staff Deepika Dhiman and others were present.
Coastal region is safe
Karnataka coastal region is safe and the Coast Guard is committed to protect the fishermen and safeguard the coastal region, DIG Dasila said.
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
