- Practical demonstration of pollution response equipment was carried out onboard ICG Ship Samudra Pavak, being a Special Role Ship of ICG for combating marine oil spill.
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, FEB 22
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted an Area Level Maritime Pollution Response Workshop and Exercise at Porbandar on Tuesday and Wednesday. The aim of this exercise was to check the response mechanism for combating marine oil spill and revalidate the District Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan of ICG, says an ICG reLease.
#G20India@IndiaCoastGuard DHQ-1 conducted Area Level Maritime #pollution Response Workshop & Exercise at #Porbandar to validate SOPs & improve #synergy amongst stakeholders
Various agencies incl. #port authorities, #fisheries, #Oil handling agencies, @ESSO_INCOIS participated pic.twitter.com/6YOdYKAU2B
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) February 22, 2023
The event was inaugurated by DIG SK Verghese, Commander, Coast Guard District Headquarters No. 1, Porbandar on Tuesday.
“Various stakeholder agencies, including officials from GMB, Private Ports, Fisheries, Local Administration, Petrochemical Industries, Oil Handling Agencies and Scientists from International Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) delivered lectures and presentations during the workshop,” the statement added.
The workshop was followed by oil spill exercise off Porbandar, wherein, efficacy of all stakeholders was ascertained. Validation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and contingencies as per District Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan of ICG were exercised. Practical demonstration of pollution response equipment was carried out onboard ICG Ship Samudra Pavak, being a Special Role Ship of ICG for combating marine oil spill.
ADG Rakesh Pal, PTM, TM, DG @IndiaCoastGuard (Additional Charge) addressed and interacted with the IDAS Probationers at CGHQ #NewDelhi today. pic.twitter.com/V4VEmXdqXg
— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) February 17, 2023
The event was a coordinated effort to improve synergy amongst stake holders in case of marine oil spill.