{"id":17003,"date":"2025-11-22T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T04:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17003"},"modified":"2025-11-22T14:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:47:13","slug":"sagar-kavach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sagar-kavach\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagar Kavach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sagar Kavach Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully conducted the comprehensive Coastal Security Exercise Sagar Kavach-02\/25 along the Maharashtra and Goa coastline recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sagar Kavach<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>biannual coastal security drill led by the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-coast-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indian Coast Guard<\/a> (ICG)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that tests and improves coastal security mechanisms against asymmetric threats.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wide range of <\/span><b>central and state agencies, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including the <\/span><b>Indian Navy, State Police, Marine Police, Fisheries, Customs, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">etc., are part of this exercise.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exercise aims to <\/span><b>assess the preparedness of all participating agencies in handling coastal security emergencies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, preventing attacks on vital coastal installations, and further strengthening the multi-layered Coastal Security Network.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the exercise, security <\/span><b>forces are split into a &#8220;Red team&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>simulates infiltrators <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a &#8220;<\/span><b>Blue Team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; that <\/span><b>detects and neutralises them<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, assessing inter-agency coordination and response times.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key activities of the Sagar Kavach drill generally include heightened surveillance, boat patrols, vehicle checks, and simulated attacks on vital installations to strengthen the country&#8217;s coastal security framework.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Recognizing the pivotal role of fishermen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in coastal security, the exercise emphasizes the need for their active involvement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Fishermen are urged to promptly report any unknown vessels <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">operating in proximity to the coast <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">to the ICG.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/general-news\/icg-conducts-two-day-coastal-security-exercise-sagar-kavach-along-maharashtra-goa-coastline20251122062000\/?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ANI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sagar Kavach is a biannual coastal security drill led by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) that tests and improves coastal security mechanisms against asymmetric threats. 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