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| India to 'fence' naval harbours | India to 'fence' naval harbours |
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| India is planning to secure its naval harbours with electronic fences, the BBC has learnt. | India is planning to secure its naval harbours with electronic fences, the BBC has learnt. |
| The fences are part of the Integrated Harbour Defence System to secure the harbours "against clandestine threat from sea", security officials say. | The fences are part of the Integrated Harbour Defence System to secure the harbours "against clandestine threat from sea", security officials say. |
| It is part of a plan to secure the country's coastline after November 2008's deadly attacks in Mumbai. | It is part of a plan to secure the country's coastline after November 2008's deadly attacks in Mumbai. |
| Ten gunmen had used boats to sail into Mumbai and carried out the attacks which killed over 170 people. | Ten gunmen had used boats to sail into Mumbai and carried out the attacks which killed over 170 people. |
| The Integrated Harbour Defence System will have diver detection sonars, high resolution radars with shore-based command and control system, among other things, officials said. | The Integrated Harbour Defence System will have diver detection sonars, high resolution radars with shore-based command and control system, among other things, officials said. |
| Radars will also be installed at distances of every 80km (50 miles) on the coastline. | Radars will also be installed at distances of every 80km (50 miles) on the coastline. |
| The sonars and radars will pick up any movement near the harbour up to a distance of 70km (43 miles). | The sonars and radars will pick up any movement near the harbour up to a distance of 70km (43 miles). |
| 'Not enough' | 'Not enough' |
| The electronic sea fences will be fixed on the sea bed close to a harbour to stop any diver or a boat from swimming or sailing through. | The electronic sea fences will be fixed on the sea bed close to a harbour to stop any diver or a boat from swimming or sailing through. |
| Only when a warship or a boat enters or leaves the naval harbour would the "electronic net" will be lifted for the ship to sail through. | Only when a warship or a boat enters or leaves the naval harbour would the "electronic net" will be lifted for the ship to sail through. |
| Officials say India is also ordering sophisticated equipment to secure its 7,500km (4,660 miles) coastline dotted with nearly 200 ports. | Officials say India is also ordering sophisticated equipment to secure its 7,500km (4,660 miles) coastline dotted with nearly 200 ports. |
| The government plans to install transponders on every fishing vessel and trawler that sails into the high seas, officials say. | The government plans to install transponders on every fishing vessel and trawler that sails into the high seas, officials say. |
| Mumbai alone has over 24,000 fishing vehicles, and Gujarat another 45,000 vehicles. | Mumbai alone has over 24,000 fishing vehicles, and Gujarat another 45,000 vehicles. |
| An Indian fishing vessel was hijacked in the seas off Gujarat by the gunmen who attacked Mumbai. | |
| Former Indian intelligence chief Arun Bhagat is, however, sceptical about the measures to secure the coastline. | Former Indian intelligence chief Arun Bhagat is, however, sceptical about the measures to secure the coastline. |
| "The urgency which should have propelled state governments after the Mumbai attacks did not last long," Mr Bhagat said. | "The urgency which should have propelled state governments after the Mumbai attacks did not last long," Mr Bhagat said. |
| "Except for some states like Maharashtra and Gujarat, other coastal states have done little". | "Except for some states like Maharashtra and Gujarat, other coastal states have done little". |