The Indian Coast Guard is commemorating Azadika Amrut Mahotsav in Odisha by organising a motorcycle rally consisting of 75 participants.
Apart from Coast Guard personnel, representatives of IOCL, CRPF, CISF, Marine Fisheries, Marine Police , NCB also participated in the event.
The rally was flagged off by Development Commissioner and MD, State Disaster Management Pradeep KumarJena at Bhubaneswar. The aim is to spread awareness on Union Government’s flagship programmes in coastal areas of the State and expand camaraderie with people staying in
fishing hamlets.
The rally will cover approximately 140 km. The bikers will conduct community interaction programme at Puri and Chandrabhaga. They will interact with the members of the fishing community and conduct awareness programmes, such as sensitising them to carry life jackets, essential documents of boat/crew etc vis-Ã -vis basic seaman practices.
The effort was aimed at sensitising the coastal population and fishermen on safety, security, and environmental issues at sea. In addition, these efforts will aim at integrating the fisher folks and coastal population with maritime security mechanism and strengthen coastal security network.