COMMISSIONING OF ICGS MAYABUNDER
Indian Coast Guard Station Mayabunder, the first CG Station in the
North Andaman Islands was commissioned by the Defence Secretary, Shri
Shashi Kant Sharma, IAS in the presence of Air Marshal P K Roy AVSM, VM,
VSM, Commander-in-Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command, Inspector
General VSR Murthy, PTM, TM, Commander Coast Guard Region
(A&N) and senior officials from the A&N administration.
The station is a part of ongoing efforts by the Coast Guard
to strengthen Maritime and Coastal Security and the assets based at
Mayabunder will help augment patrolling along the Northern Group of
Islands for safeguarding Indian maritime interests.
Speaking on the occasion, Defence Secretary, Shri Shashi
Kant Sharma lauded the efforts of the Indian Coast Guard in maintaining a
high state of vigil in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands resulting in
apprehension of a large number of poachers and saving of precious human
lives during SAR operations. He further said that the implementation of
the Coastal Surveillance Network project would be a major milestone in
ensuring near gap-free radar surveillance of these Islands.
Air Marshal P K Roy AVSM, VM, VSM, Commander-in-Chief ANC, in
his address during the Commissioning Ceremony, stressed the need for
maintaining continuous vigil of this strategically important
archipelago. He further stated that the Coast Guard had initiated
several far-reaching measures to augment force levels and manpower to
meet existing and future maritime challenges.
Coast Guard Station Mayabunder will function under the
administrative and operational control of the Commander Coast Guard
Region (A&N) through the Commander Coast Guard District
Headquarter-9 located at Diglipur. Commandant (JG) Umed Singh has been
appointed as the Commanding Officer of the station.
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