A joint team comprising of personnel from Odisha and West Bengal carried out a two-day coastal security exercise 'Sagar Kavach' at the Paradip coast on Thursday and Friday.
The exercise was aimed at up-grading surveillance activities along respective maritime borders.Personnel from the Indian Coast Guard, coastal polices, coastal district administrations, Paradip Port Trust (PPT), State Fishery Departments, Customs, Marine Enforcement Wing (MEW), CISF, Intelligence Bureau (IB), Light House department and local fishermen who are to participate in the two-day long exercise, sources informed.
The 'Sagar Kavach' security exercise is being conducted every year by different coastal states following the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks to foil infiltration into the country by sea.'More than 13 agencies collaborated to carry out this joint coastal exercise. 18 picketing points were created for the purpose. ODRAF teams are out on sea patrolling along with the officers from other agencies,' Paradip Marine police station IIC Pradyumna Kumar Behera said.
