BHUBANESWAR: The governments of Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal will soon organize a joint security exercise named as 'Sagar Kavach' to further tighten the existing coastal security mechanism along the 630 km long coastline.This was informed by Odisha's additional chief secretary, home department, Asit Tripathy after attending a meeting here. Earlier, the coastal security exercises were made by the Indian Navy and ICG. All stakeholders who attended the meeting were made aware about exercise settings and other SOPs. The coast guard, and all the security forces, even the district administrations have been very helpful and proactive towards coastal security. After the drill, we will review if there are any loopholes," West Bengal Coast Guard Commander MA Warsi said.

Source: Times of India November 10, 2017 12:35 UTC