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Thanks to the lengthy government procedure to take decisions! The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Indian+Coast+Guard">Indian Coast Guard</a>, which raised the demand for its own fleet of medium lift choppers after 26/11 Mumbai attacks, is finally close to getting it. 
 
The Mumbai attacks in 2008 exposed chinks in the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=surveillance+and+interception+capabilities+">surveillance and interception capabilities</a> of the force, so the demand was raised to cover larger areas faster with the new fleet. 
 
The coast guard currently operates ageing Chetaks as well as indigenous <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=defence">Advanced Light Choppers (ALH) for patrolling</a>, search and rescue and casualty evacuation. 
 According to sources, <keyword id="6356166" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Airbus">Airbus</keyword> as emerged as the lead bidder for Rs 2,000 crore contract to procure 14 helicopters. The EC 725 is learnt to have beat its competitor, Sikorsky's S 92 after commercial bids were opened earlier this month. 
 
While initially, three competitors were bidding for the contract, Italian firm <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Finmeccanica+">Finmeccanica</a> was dropped in 2014 after it came under a corruption taint following the VVIP chopper deal scandal. 
 
Both the EC 725 and S 92 managed to meet all the technical requirements of the coast guard after two years of extensive trials, the Airbus machine turned out to be cheaper, said senior officials. 
 
The contract will also lead to the pumping in of over Rs 600 crores into the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Indian+defence+and+aerospace+manufacturing+sector+">Indian defence and aerospace manufacturing sector</a> as it carries an offset obligation of at least 30% for the winner. However, the conclusion of the contract would take a few more months after price negotiations with Airbus. 
 "We are in touch with the Indian MoD regarding the tender for 14 shore-based helicopters for the <keyword id="6375985" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indian-Coast-Guard">Indian Coast Guard</keyword> and will be honoured to progress our discussions with them," an Airbus spokesperson said. 
 
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Coast Guard to get its own fleet of choppers, demands for which were raised post 26/11 Mumbai attacks!

To enhance the infrastructure of the <keyword id="6355100" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Indian-Navy">Indian Navy</keyword>, the <keyword id="43909" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Defence-ministry">Defence Ministry</keyword> has given a Rs 468-crore order for the design and construction of a floating dock to the India’s largest infrastructure company Larsen &amp; Toubro (<keyword id="6354919" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="LT">L&amp;T</keyword>). The dock would serve as a service station for warships and <keyword id="117400" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Submarines">submarines</keyword>. 
 "In keeping with the government's 'Make in India' thrust, complete design and engineering of the floating dock (FDN) will be under-taken at L&amp;T's <keyword id="2882114" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Warship-Design-Centre">Warship Design Centre</keyword>. The floating dock will be capable of docking naval ships and submarines of up to 8000 T displacement with draughts up to 7 m, during day and night," MV Kotwal, president of Heavy Engineering and Member of the Board at L&amp;T, told the Economic Times. 
	 

	"The dock will conform to international norms and will incorporate fully automated Ballast Control System. The FDN will be self-sufficient, catering to the dock side services requirements of the docked and berthed warships," he added. Meanwhile, the infrastructure company is already working on other Ministry of Defence Ministry contracts for design and construction of 54 fast <keyword id="732787" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="interceptor-boats">interceptor boats</keyword> for the <keyword id="6375985" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Indian-Coast-Guard">Indian Coast Guard</keyword>. 
	 

	So far, the company has delivered at least 27 interceptor boats to the Indian Coast Guard. 
	 

	The floating dock contract for FDN comes to L&amp;T on the back of an order for design and construction of seven offshore patrol vessels for the Indian Coast Guard at Rs 1,432 crore.

	 
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L&T gets Rs 468 crore order to build a floating dock for the Indian Navy

<ul><li>The <keyword id="6375985" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Coast-Guard">Indian Coast Guard</keyword> is ready to start relief work in the eastern state of Odisha in India after <keyword id="7561057" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cyclone-fani">Cyclone Fani</keyword> made landfall in India today morning. </li><li>They have 34 disaster relief teams and 4 Coast Guard ships helping out. </li><li>The <keyword id="6355100" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Navy">Indian Navy</keyword> also has seven warships on the ground — 3 of which are keeping a watch on the eye of the storm. </li></ul> The Indian Coast Guard and the Indian Navy are <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaCoastGuard/status/1124174863470456833">standing by</a> to start rescue operations after Cyclone Fani made landfall in India today morning. The Indian Coast Guard has 34 disaster relief teams <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaCoastGuard/status/1124013333076697089">on the ground</a> and four Coast Guard ships trailing the seas to conduct relief operations in coordination with the states authorities in Odisha to deal with the fall out of what is being seen as one of the most severe cyclonic storms to hit the east coast. 
	
 <div type="image" title="fani1" msid="69157684" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;One of the Indian Coast Guard&amp;#39;s relief teams preparing for relief operations in Odisha&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div>





 The <a href="https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1123909181994676224">Indian Navy</a> said it had three of its seven warships deployed for Cyclone Fani keeping watch on the eye of the storm. 
	
 <div type="image" title="fani2" msid="69157732" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The roll of being experienced by one of the ships deployed by Indian Navy to keep an on the seas as Cyclone Fani moves up India&amp;#39;s east coast&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div>





 Seven fixed aircraft and seven helicopters are on stand-by as well. The Navy also has Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), divers, rubberised crafts and medical teams ready to go. Another three naval ships — Sahyadri, Ranvi and Kadmatt — have been deployed off the coast of Odisha to launch rescue operations. 
	
 <div type="image" title="D5e4lRTU0AAL0jl" msid="69157758" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;INS Sahyadri puts out to sea quietly to provide assistance as Cylone Fani reaches the Indian coast&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div>





 The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) also sent in 50 teams to prepare onground before hand, getting equipment in and training the volunteers. 
	
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 They were also seen evacuating the citizens from areas that are most prone to the effects of Cyclone Fani. 
	
 <div type="image" title="evacinpuri" msid="69157866" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;NDRF conducts door to door awareness and evacuation at Penthakata of Puri, Orissa&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div>





 Over 1 million people have been evacuated from Odisha while 800,000 people have been cleared out in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/cylcone-fanis-global-warming-seen-in-nasa-images/articleshow/69138876.cms">Cyclone Fani and the impact of global warming captured by NASA</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/this-live-simulation-of-cyclone-fani-shows-how-dangerously-close-it-to-indias-east-coast/articleshow/69143895.cms">This live simulation of Cyclone Fani shows how dangerously close it to India’s East coast</a>

Cyclone Fani rescue and relief efforts underway as Indian warships deployed to keep guard

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table full"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>There's an isolated tribe living on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean, and they want nothing to do with modern society.The people of North Sentinel Island, called the Sentinelese, are considered an "uncontacted tribe," meaning they have little to no contact with the outside world.They've never developed agriculture - they still practice hunting and gathering, like all humans did prior to the development of agriculture about 10,000 years ago. There's been so little contact with the group that very few photos exist, beyond those taken far from shore or from the air.But unlike uncontacted tribes hidden away in places like the Amazon Rainforest, we've known about the Sentinelese for centuries, and they want nothing to do with us. They have violently rejected contact with the groups of various nationalities that have attempted to communicate with the tribe, from colonial European explorers to the Indian coast guard. Other than a few isolated trips by anthropologists, they've greeted visitors - and shipwreck survivors - with arrows.As an important caveat, referring to tribes as living outside of "modern society" is a bit of a misnomer, since all cultures on earth today are modern cultures - technological advancement&#xa0;not required.Here's how the Sentinelese have managed to ward off outside society for so long.

This isolated tribe has rejected contact for centuries and remained hostile toward outsiders

The memory of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Mumbai+attacks">26/11 Mumbai attacks</a> continues to haunt us and a statement by former defence secretary might send chills again. 
 
Former defence secretary RK Mathur told a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=parliamentary+panel">parliamentary panel</a> that 26/11 Mumbai style attacks could take place again as a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=boats">boat</a> might still enter Indian waters undetected. 
 
Mathur feels a "whole lot of work" is needed to be done and that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=coast+guard">Coast Guard</a> was still a "long way off" from ensuring complete security of India's coastline. 
 In his frank testimony to <keyword id="81545" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="public-accounts-committee">Public Accounts Committee</keyword> (PAC), Mathur expected that his response would be confined to a room, when he was asked if 26/11 Mumbai carnage would recur. But, the PAC report on the functioning of Coast Guard, which was eventually tabled in Parliament on Thursday, has quoted him verbatim. 
 
"If you ask me a very specific question that 'Can 26/11 be repeated? Can a boat gin without being detected?' Within the confine of this room, sir, my answer would still be 'yes'. We apprehend that. We have to improve," Mathur is quoted as telling the committee. It's not clear exactly when Mathur, who retired earlier this year, was testifying. 
 
Mathur did not react on his statement made public. He had told the committee that it was not about adding more <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=indian+military">military assets</a> to the force, but also work towards overall improvement of capabilities. 
 
"We have to improve. We have to improve much more. Therefore, what I feel is that other than the assets, there is a whole lot of work which needs to be done by Coast Guard to be able to achieve that level. I think we are fairly long way off from that position," he is quoted as saying. 
 
Mathur was detailing problems faced in regulating and monitoring the unorganised fishing sector that has over 1.99 lakh boats, many of which are not even registered. 
 
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Former defence secretary makes shocking statement, says 26/11 Mumbai style attacks may happen again!

New Delhi, Feb 28 () L&amp;T-built Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS Varad has been commissioned into the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Friday, according to a regulatory filing. ICGS Varad was commissioned into the ICG by Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya at L&amp;T Kattupalli shipyard, near Chennai. ICGS Varad set a record in Indian shipbuilding industry by becoming the first major defence ship to clear all sea acceptance trials in a single sea sortie, Larsen &amp; Toubro (L&amp;T) said in a regulatory filing. The vessel is fifth in the series of seven offshore patrol vessels contracted by the Defence Ministry on the company in March 2015, it said. Commenting on the commissioning, S N Subrahmanyan, CEO &amp; MD, Larsen a Toubro, said: "I am delighted to note that ICGS Varad accomplished a rare feat of clearing all sea acceptance trials in a single sea sortie". SID DRRDRR

Offshore patrol vessel ICGS Varad commissioned: L&T

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The fallout from a container <keyword id="6396804" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ship">ship</keyword> fire has blanketed <keyword id="6355572" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</keyword>'s beaches in plastic "snow." </li><li>Waves of plastic pellets and debris from the blaze washed up on the country's beaches.</li><li>Environmentalists say this may have far-reaching effects on the environment and wildlife in the region.</li></ul>Sri Lanka's beaches are blanketed in a layer of plastic "snow" after waves of debris and plastic pellets washed up on its shores. The potentially toxic debris came from a <a href="https://www.insider.com/ship-on-fire-video-sri-lanka-2021-5">massive blaze on board the MV X-Press Pearl container ship</a> which <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/container-ship-carrying-chemicals-fire-near-sri-lanka-2021-5">burst into flames off the coast of Sri Lanka</a> on <a href="https://apnews.com/article/india-sri-lanka-fires-business-ac14c49aa749916f82966b7ff3325050">May 18</a>. It took a team of firefighters from the Sri Lankan navy and Indian Coast Guard <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/sri-lanka-ship-fire-extinguished-124528259.html">13 days to extinguish the inferno</a>.The <a href="https://splash247.com/explosion-rocks-x-press-pearl-all-crew-evacuated-as-sri-lanka-prepares-for-the-worst/">25 crew members on board the Singapore-flagged cargo ship were evacuated safely</a>, but the marine disaster is far from over. The local government must now deal with debris from the blaze, and <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/sri-lanka-faces-worst-ever-beach-pollution-from-burning-ship/a-57712086">millions of tiny plastic pellets called nurdles</a> that have covered its western coastline.<div type="image" title="Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container in the seas off the Colombo Harbour, in Sri Lanka May 26, 2021." height="800" width="1066" msid="83165299" hostid="261"></div>According to environmental <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> outlet <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/with-fire-contained-sri-lanka-faces-plastic-pellet-problem-from-stricken-ship/">Mongabay</a>, the tiny granules likely came from the 78 tons of plastic pellets that the X-Press Pearl was carrying."Some of the 25 kilogram (55 pounds) bags from the containers fell overboard, and the beads have now carpeted beaches all the way down to the south coast of Sri Lanka," Darshani Lahandapura, chair of Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority told Mongabay.<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/01/sri-lanka-pollution-beach-environment-plastic/">The Washington Post</a> spoke to Sri Lankan marine biologist Asha de Vos, who called the layer of plastic an "environmental disaster." She added that the granules could have far-reaching consequences for the wildlife and ecosystems in the region, because currents may sweep the pellets and debris even further out.<div type="image" title="crab beach plastic" height="1190" width="1586" msid="83165300" hostid="261"></div>De Vos also theorized that the plastic grains, when mixed into the sand could even raise the temperature of the beaches where sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs, and compromise the reproductive process of these endangered animals. <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/sri-lanka-x-press-pearl-ship-fire-colombo-beach-14904014">Channel News Asia</a> reported that the Sri Lankan government intends to bill the ship's owners - Singapore-headquartered shipping carrier X-Press Feeders - $17 million to clean up not only the layer of plastic on the country's beaches but also the 25-mile long oil spill that the ship fire left in its wake.X-Press Feeders indicates on its <a href="https://www.x-presspearl-informationcentre.com/">website</a> that the vessel is covered under protection and indemnity insurance, as well as hull and machinery insurance. A spokesman for X-Press Feeders told Insider that any claims around this incident will be assessed by its insurers.

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