more-inIndian Coast Guard Director-General Rajendra Singh inaugurated a multi-mission aircraft hangar at the Coast Guard Air Enclave here on Friday, giving a boost to the futuristic expansion of ICG’s air operation. The aircraft are regularly deployed extensively for maritime surveillance, search and rescue and disaster management along the Odisha and West Bengal coasts. Besides, the aircraft were recently deployed for air-dropping of food packets during flash floods in Odisha’s Rayagada district. The Coast Guard aims to improve its force level to 175 ships and 110 aircraft by 2022. Pande, Additional D-G and Coast Guard Commander (Eastern Seaboard), and Kuldeep Singh Sheoran, I-G, were present on the occasion.

Source: The Hindu September 01, 2017 16:30 UTC