Coast Guard's SAREX-24 maritime exercise to start from today
India TodayThe 11th edition of the Indian Coast Guard's National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise and Workshop -- SAREX-24 -- will start in Kochi in Kerala on November 28-29. Indian Coast Guard Director General, S Paramesh, who is also the National Maritime Search and Rescue Coordinating Authority, will be among the dignitaries attending the event, the ministry said in a statement. On the second day, the sea exercise involving two large-scale contingencies will be carried out off the Kochi coast with the participation of ships and aircraft of the ICG, Navy, Indian Air Force, passenger vessel and tug from Cochin Port Authority and boats from the customs, the statement said. Over the years, the ICG has evolved as a premier maritime agency rightfully steering the government's efforts towards a stable and effective maritime search and rescue construct, the statement said.
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