Coast Guard plans major SAR exercise near Andamans

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Port Blair, Jul 20 (UNI) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has planned a national level Search and Rescue (SAR) mission scheduled during November in these islands.

Public Relations Officer of the ICG's Andaman and Nicobar region Commandant Akshay Jain told UNI here today that during the SAR exercise, rescue from a passenger ship off the coast of Port Blair would be stimulated.

''Various other government agencies will also participate in the coordinated SAR effort and the response will be reviewed,'' he added.

The ICG is the nodal agency for SAR in the maritime search and rescue region and its director general is the chairman of the national SAR Board.

Besides, the ICG has well organised Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres in Mumbai on the west coast, Chennai on the east coast and Port Blair for Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The Coast Guard is available round the clock with its ships and aircraft to respond to distress and other situations at sea.

Meanwhile, as a prelude to this exercise, a presentation on Maritime Search and Rescue organisations in these islands was held at the RHQ(A&N) conference room recently.

Commander-in-Chief of the unified command Air Marshal P P Raj Kumar, AVSM, presided over the forum and senior officers of other services attended the presentation.

The aim of the presentation was to inform about the SAR organisation existing in Coast Guard and responsibilities of agencies during the SAR exercise and in real time distress situation.

''The members of other agencies interacted during the discussions and appraised their preparedness for a co-ordinated SAR effort,'' Commandant Jain said.

''The preparedness of the Coast Guard is evident from its recent rescue operations, in which 16 crew members of M V John Richardson and three fishermen from North Brother Island were rescued in the Andaman sea, besides many other such operations in the rest of the country,'' Mr Jain added.

UNI

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