In a major development to enhance coastal security, the installation of radar sensors along the coastline in Maharashtra is in its completion stage.
In a major development to enhance coastal security, the installation of radar sensors along the coastline in Maharashtra is in its completion stage.
The Remote Operational Station (ROS), which would be the main monitoring and control centre for western India, being set up at Mumbai is also in its final completion stage.
The ROS would be first such station monitoring and collecting feeds from Remote Operational Centres (ROC) located at Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Lakshadweep Islands.
A senior Coast Guard officer said “Sites with lighthouses across the state where the radar sensors would be installed have already been identified and installation process is in its completion stage. The ROS is being set up at the West Region Coast Guard headquarters in Worli. It would be inaugurated anytime this month by the defence minister.”
This initiative is part of the coastal security scheme planned by the Cabinet committee on Security which includes setting up of 73 coastal police stations, 97 check posts, watch towers, 58 outposts and 30 operational barracks along the 7517km coastline in the first phase.
The second phase, which is Rs350 crore project according to the committee’s plan, will include selecting sites and installation of radar sensors at 46 locations across the country and setting up ROCs and the ROS. The second phase is supposed to kick off this month.
The Indian Coast Guard had been entrusted with the responsibility of selecting sites across the country for installations of these radar sensors. In Maharashtra five sites have been identified, the ROC for these five sites will also been in Mumbai.
The radar sensors have already been installed at two places in Okha and Kandla in Gujarat where the real time recordings are being monitored by Coast Guard officials and feeds would be collected at the ROC and then forwarded to the ROS. Other than carrying out regular patrolling at sea by Navy and Coast Guard and in territorial waters by marine police units, these radar sensors would also be monitored 24/7.
Once the installation of the radar sensors is completed and the ROC becomes operational, Coast Guard officials will be manning it and keeping a check round the clock on the information provided by the sensors.
The radar sensor will be able to detect objects at a distance of around 15 to 20 nautical miles and, other than keeping an eye on big vessels, it will also help identify and detect small dinghies and boats sailing in the sea or even if they are stationary. Any suspicious movement will result in immediate action by the ROC. The information collected from the ROC will be shared with other state and central agencies which are responsible of coastal security.
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