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| A Coastal Radar Station (File Photo) |
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI — The Indian government has cleared a $390 million proposal to upgrade the country’s coastal security, which involves buying additional patrol vessels and improving the radar network.
The Cabinet Committee on Security, the highest body in the government responsible for making decisions about security and defense matters, cleared the proposal Dec. 13. Under the plan, five offshore patrol vessels would be acquired by the Indian Coast Guard. In addition, the second phase of the $116.3 million coastal radar project has also been cleared.
Under the second phase, 38 additional radars will be installed for coastal security. In all, the Coastal Surveillance Network, consisting of phase 1 and phase 2, will be operational by mid-2013. In the first phase 46 radars are being operationalized in clusters.
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