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The Regional Headquarters of Coast Guard, Andaman & Nicobar Region is located at Port Blair. Presently the Region is commanded by Inspector General SP Sharma, TM. The Coast Guard has a force level of one OPV, two FPVs, three IPVs, one Dornier aircraft and two Chetak helicopters in this region. |
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Major Activities |
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June 2008 |
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Community Interaction at Mayabunder |
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ICGS Bhikhaiji Cama visited Mayabunder 22 - 23 Jun 08. During the visit, the ship was tasked to undertake community interaction with local fisherman. This was undertaken in the Gram Panchayat office. About 50 fishermen from the local fishing community participated in the event. The Assistant Director (Fisheries), Mayabundar was also present. The ship’s team demonstrated the use of life saving devices viz., life jacket, life buoy, SART etc. Instruction on usage of the Distress Alert Transmitter (DAT), a prototype of which was handed over to a fisherman from Mayabundar, was also done. The fishermen were appraised on basic first aid and actions to be taken in case of fire injury, drowning and snake bite. Handouts containing important phone numbers of the Coast Guard were distributed. In the evening, the ship’s team played a football match with the fishermen in Pokka Dera, a fishing hamlet about four kms from Mayabundar town. During this match, the local players matched feet-to-feet with the ship’s players thus demonstrating belongingness and enthusiasm. The football match ended with mutual bonhomie between the ship’s players and the local fishermen. Thus, during the ship’s visit to Mayabundar, the ship’s team reposed the faith and trust of the local fishermen on the Coast Guard. |
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Friendly Football match between Ship’s Coy and the Fishermen at Pokka Derra |
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Walkathon cum educational tour to “Kalpong Hydel Project” (Ramnagar Dam) was conducted by ship on 30 Jun 08 during OTR at Diglipur. The ship’s company traversed a distance of 18 Km during the event and got a first hand experience of the cleanest way to generate electricity i.e the hydro power |
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Ship’s Coy of ICGS Ganga Devi at “RAMANAGAR” Dam |
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Barren Island, the only active volcano present in Indian waters, has been constantly monitored by Indian Coast Guard Ships and aircraft patrolling in Andaman Islands. Off late the Volcano has been seen spurting lava and smoke from its cider. An image of the Volcano is given below. For the Video clipping depicting the same, Please click on the image. |
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Spurting Lava and Smoke at Barren Island. |
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A Community interaction programme for local fishermen and farmers was conducted by Coast Guard District Headquarters No.9, Diglipur in Durgapur village on 21 Jun 08. COMDIS-9 and other Enrolled Personnel of the station closely interacted with the people and educated them about various safety measures while at sea. A total of 87 personnel had participated in the programme. The local people enthusiastically participated in the programme. On completion of the lecture on safety at sea, demonstration of various safety devices was also conducted by the DHQ-9 staff. Important useful information like toll free SAR number and various facilities available for the fisher’s safety was disseminated during this programme. Subsequently, a lecture on First Aid for snakebite and preventive measures against malaria was also imparted to the villagers. |
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Demonstration on Usage of Life Jacket and Life Buoy |
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For more news on the region please click here May 08 |
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© 2008 INDIAN COAST GUARD, Ministry Of Defence, Government Of INDIA |
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