New Delhi, January 28: In a bid to improve the coastal security, the Government is planning to set up 227 Coastal Police Stations in two phases in the nine states along the over 7,500 km long shoreline of the country.
“There are a large number of them (Coastal Police Stations) already and the Coast Guard was asked to interact with the states and suggest more if they were required. In the phase two of this, another 131 of these stations will come up,” Coast Guard Chief Vice Admiral Anil Chopra said.
In the first phase, the government has already sanctioned setting up of 96 such stations.
The local police has been made responsible for patrolling the shallow waters utilising the boats hired by the Union Home Ministry, Chopra told reporters here today.
–Agencies