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PM worried about coastal vulnerability
Almost four years since LeT terrorists sailed through the Arabian Sea to reach Mumbai and unleash three days of bloodbath on November 26, 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday admitted India’s coastal vulnerability continues to be a concern.
Addressing the DGPs and IGs in the national Capital, Singh pointed out that terrorists were maintaining their ability to use the sea route for infiltration and called for putting in place a comprehensive maritime policy to maintain vigil along the coastal line. He also expressed concern over India’s vulnerability to escalating cyber crime and the challenge posed by using text messaging and social media in spreading propaganda.
With indications of terror groups making attempts to infiltrate the country through sea, Singh pitched for a comprehensive maritime policy to maintain vigil along the coastal line.
He said while there were increasing infiltration attempts across the Line of Control and International Border, indications were that terrorist groups are maintaining their ability to use the sea route.
“The comprehensive scheme of Maritime Domain Awareness to be led by the Navy would help strengthen coastal vigilance, whereas deployment of more permanent border obstacles and better sensors could improve the situation along the land borders,” he said on the concluding day of a three-day long meeting of Directors and Inspectors Generals of Police here.
Singh further said ethnic disturbances of the North-East assumed a national dimension with the flight of people belonging to the region from various towns of South and Western India. “This further strained the communal situation in the country, which was already showing some signs of deterioration, particularly in States like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala,” he said.
Talking about the increased use of social media and misuse of Internet, he said the Government was working on a robust cyber security structure which addresses threat management and mitigation, assurance and certification, specially building capacity and enhancing research. “Large-scale computer attacks on our critical infrastructure and economy can have potentially devastating results,” he said.
Earlier, President Pranab Mukherjee in his address to the top police officers of the country said there was no room for “complacency” for the forces and the country has a lot of expectations from them. While addressing the police Director Generals and Inspector Generals at Rashtrapti Bhavan on Friday late evening, Mukherjee told senior police officials that grievances of the common man should never be undermined or ignored.
Almost four years since LeT terrorists sailed through the Arabian Sea to reach Mumbai and unleash three days of bloodbath on November 26, 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday admitted India’s coastal vulnerability continues to be a concern.
Addressing the DGPs and IGs in the national Capital, Singh pointed out that terrorists were maintaining their ability to use the sea route for infiltration and called for putting in place a comprehensive maritime policy to maintain vigil along the coastal line. He also expressed concern over India’s vulnerability to escalating cyber crime and the challenge posed by using text messaging and social media in spreading propaganda.
With indications of terror groups making attempts to infiltrate the country through sea, Singh pitched for a comprehensive maritime policy to maintain vigil along the coastal line.
He said while there were increasing infiltration attempts across the Line of Control and International Border, indications were that terrorist groups are maintaining their ability to use the sea route.
“The comprehensive scheme of Maritime Domain Awareness to be led by the Navy would help strengthen coastal vigilance, whereas deployment of more permanent border obstacles and better sensors could improve the situation along the land borders,” he said on the concluding day of a three-day long meeting of Directors and Inspectors Generals of Police here.
Singh further said ethnic disturbances of the North-East assumed a national dimension with the flight of people belonging to the region from various towns of South and Western India. “This further strained the communal situation in the country, which was already showing some signs of deterioration, particularly in States like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala,” he said.
Talking about the increased use of social media and misuse of Internet, he said the Government was working on a robust cyber security structure which addresses threat management and mitigation, assurance and certification, specially building capacity and enhancing research. “Large-scale computer attacks on our critical infrastructure and economy can have potentially devastating results,” he said.
Earlier, President Pranab Mukherjee in his address to the top police officers of the country said there was no room for “complacency” for the forces and the country has a lot of expectations from them. While addressing the police Director Generals and Inspector Generals at Rashtrapti Bhavan on Friday late evening, Mukherjee told senior police officials that grievances of the common man should never be undermined or ignored.
