NACP to train marine police of nine coastal states, 5 UTs

Rajkot: The National Academy of Coastal Policing (NACP), the country’s first, to be set up in Okha will provide intensive and high-level training to marine police of nine coastal states and five Union Territories along with central police forces.
Union home minister Amit Shah will lay the foundation stone for the permanent campus of this academy on Saturday.
NACP, which is aimed at training police forces in effectively protecting the shoreline, started functioning in 2018 in the campus of the Gujarat Fisheries Research Centre.
The Centre has sanctioned Rs 441 crore to develop NACP with modern infrastructure, the latest technology, and training facilities to enhance the security of coastal borders, Border Security Force (BSF) Gujarat Frontier said in a statement.
"The academy trains police personnel and other security agencies in the subjects of marine laws, seamanship, boat work, navigation, weapons handling, and usage of sea guidance and surveillance gadgets and survival skills for long haul operations on the sea, etc," the release stated. India has a vast coastline of 7,516 kms touching 13 states and UTs. It also has around 1,197 islands.
Shah will also e-inaugurate five coastal outposts, which are among 18 such outposts being constructed at a cost of Rs 164 crore between Medi and Jakhau.
The outpost tower at Lakhpatwari Bet (island) in Sir Creek will augment domination and ensure round-the-clock presence of BSF troops in the region.