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A two-day information drill christened ‘Sagar Kavach’ got nether mode successful the coastal districts of Pudukottai, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts successful the cardinal portion connected Thursday with the nonsubjective of assessing the level of preparedness and alertness of the stakeholders progressive successful coastal information to thwart intrusion of terrorists done the oversea route. This is the 2nd clip that this workout is being organised this twelvemonth aft June.
The coastal information workout is being carried retired involving the respective territory police, the Coastal Security Group of the State police, the Indian Navy, the Indian Coast Guard, Fisheries section and different stakeholders. The drill commenced successful the aboriginal hours connected Thursday arsenic portion of which surveillance was stepped up on the coastal loop successful the cardinal portion with constabulary teams conducting conveyance cheque astatine the respective cheque posts.
An alert was sounded to the fishermen to convey accusation astir the question of suspicious persons successful their respective coastal villages to the Coastal Security Group personnel. The fishermen were advised to transportation their individuality cards and licence of their boats and desist from taking immoderate outsiders successful their boats.
Coastal Security Group unit carried retired patrolling successful the oversea using their boats and those utilized by the fishermen portion unit of the respective territory constabulary carried retired elaborate checks of vehicles passing done the cheque posts. A fewer unit disguised arsenic “terrorists” with dummy arms successful boxes were “secured” by the Coastal Security Group unit astatine a mates of places successful Nagapattinam district, said the sources. The coastal information drill concludes connected Friday evening.
