Port Blair, Nov 16: The Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) will conduct the second Coastal Security exercise ‘Tat Suraksha’ for the year 2015 from Nov 17-20, 2015. The bi-annual Coastal Security Exercise will be 12th in the series, wherein besides validation of SOPs for Coastal Security of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, various drills and contingencies are also practised jointly between various maritime stakeholders in a coordinated manner to safeguard the coasts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
In the exercise, components of Andaman and Nicobar Command, the A&N Administration, A&N Police, Police Marine Force (PMF), India Reserve Battalion (IRBn), CISF, Customs, Fisheries department, Forest department, Port Management Board (PMB), Directorate of Shipping Services (DSS) , Director General Lighthouse and lightships(DGLL) and other agencies will be exercised in the Southern and Northern groups of Islands in order to validate and rehearse drills and contingencies.
During the exercise, the local populace will be sensitized about the coastal security mechanism of A&N Islands and the usage of Toll free telephone number 1093 dedicated for reporting coastal security issues. The exercise will be controlled and monitored by Headquarters, Andaman & Nicobar Command and coordinated by Indian Coast Guard (Andaman & Nicobar Region).
