Kuber to launched an attack on Mumbai

Dilip Patel

A year after LeT operatives captured fishing boat Kuber to launched an attack on Mumbai the Commander Coast Guard Region (North West) has taken steps to plug the entry point to Gujarat and the country.
Checking of records and identities of fishermen
Fishermen have been instructed to carry all records of the boat and fishermen including registration number, log book and identity cards of fishermen. “We have already checked more than 100 boats in the last two months to check if their documents are in order. About 300 to 500 boats go out for fishing every day in the North West Region,” Commander Coast Guard Region (North West) Satya P Sharma Inspector General.
Plan to instal Radars
The Coast Guard has planned to erect 15 radars in the North West Coastal region to keep a watch on every boat that travels into the Gujarat waters. “Every ship and boat will be given a unique identification number through which satellite monitoring of the vessel will also be done. An Automatic Identification Plan will be put in place, a control room for which will be at the headquarters of the Coast Guard North West region at Udyog Bhavan in Gandhinagar,” the inspector general said. As many as 10 officers and 60 coast guards will be stationed at the headquarters at Gandhinagar.
Purchases to be made by the Coast Guard
The coast guard is equipped with three ships, six high-speed interceptor boats, two patrolling boats, two aircrafts and one helicopter.
It has plans to buy one new helicopter, three new big sized speed boats. The 27-feet long speedboats Speedboats will be equipped with automatic guns.
The inspector general said ships coming into the Indian coastal periphery have been instructed to inform about their arrival 96 horus in advance. “The work of guarding the coast is being done in cooperation with the customs, the Border Security Force and the Gujarat state fisheries department