Indian Coast Guard Station Mayabunder, the first CG Station in
the North Andaman Islands was commissioned by the Defence Secretary, Shri
Shashi Kant Sharma, IAS in the presence of Air Marshal P K Roy AVSM, VM, VSM,
Commander-in-Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command, Inspector General VSR Murthy, PTM, TM, Commander Coast
Guard Region (A&N) and senior officials from the A&N administration.
The station is a part of ongoing efforts by the Coast Guard
to strengthen Maritime and Coastal Security and the assets based at Mayabunder
will help augment patrolling along the Northern Group of Islands for
safeguarding Indian maritime interests.
Speaking on the occasion, Defence Secretary, Shri Shashi Kant
Sharma lauded the efforts of the Indian Coast Guard in maintaining a high state
of vigil in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands resulting in apprehension of a
large number of poachers and saving of precious human lives during SAR
operations. He further said that the implementation of the Coastal Surveillance
Network project would be a major milestone in ensuring near gap-free radar
surveillance of these Islands.
Air Marshal P K Roy AVSM, VM, VSM, Commander-in-Chief ANC, in
his address during the Commissioning Ceremony, stressed the need for
maintaining continuous vigil of this strategically important archipelago. He further stated that the Coast Guard had
initiated several far-reaching measures to augment force levels and manpower to
meet existing and future maritime challenges.
Coast Guard Station Mayabunder will function under the
administrative and operational control of the Commander Coast Guard Region
(A&N) through the Commander Coast Guard District Headquarter-9 located at
Diglipur. Commandant (JG) Umed Singh has been appointed as the Commanding
Officer of the station.
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