All coastal villages tapped after 26/11, says navy chief
February 5th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANSPort Blair, Feb 5 (IANS) There is no village or landing site along India’s 7,516 km shoreline that has not been visited by either the Indian Navy, the coast guard or the marine police in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, naval chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said Friday.
“In the last one year there is no village and landing sites where we, coast guard or the marine police have not been there,” Verma told reporters here.
The step has started bearing fruits with sensitised villagers regularly alerting maritime security agencies about suspicious activities.
“Fishing boats are the main aspects of coastal security. Because it was through the fishing vessels that terrorists made ingress,” said Verma, referring to the 10 armed terrorists who sneaked into Mumbai through its coastline on Nov 26, 2008 to unleash three days of mayhem.
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