Indian Coast Guard plans to get 6 multi mission aircrafts

Tata Advanced Systems Ltd in a joint collaboration with Airbus Defence will manufacture the C 295 aircrafts at Vadodara in Gujarat

Coast Guard to have 200+ ships in 5 years, says Director General Pathania

ICG Director General V S Pathania shared the roadmap after he commissioned Kamla Devi, the last in the series of five fast patrol vessels

12 ICG response teams are at standby with contingency gears and equipment for immediate response

On ICGS Vigraha, he said 'from its design conception to development, the ship is completely indigenous'

Manned by a crew of 17, the vessel is carrying 10,795 tonnes of general cargo in 382 containers

Coast Guard had shared an input stating "anti-national elements may try to attack or infiltrate along the coast" in May.

IGC plans to increase its strength by inducting new aerial, sea-borne assets by 2019 after concluding its coastal security exercise.

The Coast Guard and Navy had launched a salvage operation along with merchant vessels.

The deadly storm has also killed seven people in neighbouring Sri Lanka and affected the lives of nearly 20,000 people.

Every year, each state with a coastline in the Indian peninsula organises two such security exercises.