New Delhi, June 14: In a bid to expedite implementation of coastal security scheme and to review institutional set-up in states/UTs regarding coastal security, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair a meeting of Home Ministers, Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) of Coastal States and Union Territories on June 16, 2016 at Mumbai, Bureaucracy Today has learnt.
In the first leg, talks related to coastal security and the role of institutional set-up will be reviewed, followed by discussions on constitution of State Maritime Boards, security of non-major ports and single point mooring, coastal mapping, security of islands, distribution of Biometric Identity Cards and Card Readers, colour coding of boats, monitoring of fish landing points and crossing of International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) by fishermen.
It is also learnt that the Indian Coast Guard and the Coastal States and UTs will display a presentation highlighting steps taken by them for securing coastal areas. They will also place forward requirements/ suggestions for strengthening their security techniques.
Apart from the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju, the Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and Susheel Kumar, Secretary (BM) will attend the meeting organized by the Department of Border Management under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Besides, dignitaries from the nine coastal states (West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat) and four Union Territories, (Daman & Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Inter-State Council Secretariat (ISCS), Registrar General of India, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Shipping, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Indian Coast Guard are participating in the meeting.
