Mumbai, July 19. Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command and Mr. Manukumar Srivastava, Chief Secretary, Maharashtra State Government jointly chaired the inaugural Apex Level Coastal Security Review Meeting on July 19.
Besides Mr. Rajnish Seth, DGP, senior officials of Indian Navy, Coast Guard, concerned departments of the Government of Maharashtra (including top police officers), Intelligence Bureau, Customs, CISF, Mumbai Port Authority, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, Narcotics Control Bureau, NSG and the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation participated in the meeting and deliberated on a variety of issues related to strengthening coastal security in Maharashtra, with particular emphasis on enhancing synergy among all organisations.
The Chief Secretary also visited the Joint Operations Centre, Mumbai, which is at the apex of the coastal security structure and is manned jointly by personnel from the Navy, Coast Guard, Police, Intelligence and Fisheries.
It was decided at the end of the meeting that such multi-agency interactions are crucial to enhancing cooperation and team-work amongst all stakeholders and that this meeting will hereafter be conducted regularly.
