Team Herald
Panjim: The State’s first coastal defense exercise for the current year will be held on Tuesday with an objective to ensure preparedness for precautionary and war time response in sea/ coastal areas. The coastal security exercise “Sea Vigil – 19” is scheduled on January 22-23, 2019.
“As a part of TROPEX – 2019, a Pan – India exercise code named “Sea Vigil” with participation of all state agencies related to coastal security, has been planned. It aims at implementing a thorough coastal check for 36 hours. It is coordinated under the aegis of Chief Secretary, Government of Goa, Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard. Besides, Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy, Goa Police, Goa Coastal Security Intelligence Agencies, MPT, Captain of Ports Department, CISF and Customs and State Government Department will be taking active part in the exercise,” a press statement informing about the exercise states.
In this exercise, intelligence and infiltration will be induced and the alertness and preparedness of all the stakeholders will be tested with respect to the successful detection. The exercise provides all stakeholders an opportunity to fine tune their standard operating procedures and test new operational concepts for coastal security.
The State government has been conducting a comprehensive Coastal Security exercise involving all the concerned agencies since the year 2009. The last Coastal Security Exercise “Sagar Kavach Goa – 01 /18” was conducted in April 2018.
