Kendrapada, Dec 1 : Keeping in view possible threat perception from the sea route after the November 26 terrorist attacks on Mumbai, the Coast Guard personnel have enhanced vigil in the sea route of the Orissa coast in the Bay of Bengal.
Since the Bangladeshis intruded to coastal pockets of Kendrapara through sea route, the Coast Guard intensified its surveillance in the Bay of Bengal by deploying ships and well equipped modern facilities speedy boats to check illegal cross-boarder activities on the Indian sea water, a senior official of Coast Guard in Paradeep said.
The eastern region commandant and the Inspector General of Coast Guard of Chennai visited Paradip on last Saturday to discuss with the senior officials and the elaborate arrangements for tightening security in the Bay of Bengal, Coast Guard sources said.
Two ships ''Suchitra Krupalini '' and ''Rama Devi'' had already reached here from West Bengal's Haldia port to monitor the 484-km stretch coastline of the state to mitigate any possible threat of cross-border activities.
Sources said the Coast Guard personnel and the officials of Bhitarkanika National Park had submitted proposal to the state government to issue identity cards to the fishermen, who were venturing into the sea for fishing in a bid to curb down illegal infiltration, especially by Bangladeshis on the sea route.
The Bangladeshi immigrants were arrested in past for their involvement in criminal activities in the Orissa coast. The local police had arrested some Bangladeshi immigrants in 2004 from Mahakalpada area on the charges of circulating counterfeit currency notes in Jamboo, Kharanashi, Talachua, Dangamal and Rangani areas.
In 2001, the Rajnagar police had also unearthed six illegal radio stations, which operated in the sea-side hamlets of Rajnagar block.
Local police had also arrested one Bakuram Dey for operating the fake radio stations and sending valuable defence information to Bangladesh.
--- UNI
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