{"id":21890,"date":"2024-03-27T11:33:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T06:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21890"},"modified":"2025-04-06T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T10:32:13","slug":"icgs-samudra-paheredar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/icgs-samudra-paheredar\/","title":{"rendered":"ICGS Samudra Paheredar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About ICGS Samudra Paheredar<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a specialised\u00a0Pollution Control Vessel (PCV)\u00a0of the Indian Coast Guard.<\/li>\n<li>It is the\u00a0second PCV of India (the first being ICGS Samudra Prahari).<\/li>\n<li>It was indigenously\u00a0built by ABG Shipyard, Surat.<\/li>\n<li>It was\u00a0commissioned in\u00a02012.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is stationed on the East Coast of India in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>The ship is 94.10 metres long, draws 4,300 tons at maximum displacement, and is propelled by 3,000-kilowatt twin diesel engines, producing power that is further enhanced by twin shaft generators for a maximum speed of 21 knots.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>At economical speed, the ship has an\u00a0endurance of 6,500 nautical miles and can\u00a0stay at sea for 20 days.<\/li>\n<li>The ship\u2019s\u00a0primary role is pollution response at sea and is equipped with the most advanced and\u00a0sophisticated pollution response and control equipment\u00a0for mitigating oil spills, which includes containment equipment like hi-sprint booms and river booms, recovery devices like skimmers, and side sweeping arms.<\/li>\n<li>The ship is\u00a0capable of unhindered oil-recovery operations, with a\u00a0storage capacity of 502 kilolitres.<\/li>\n<li>The special features include an integrated platform management system, a power management system, and a high-powered external firefighting system.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0capable of operating one twin-engine\u00a0ALH\/ Chetak helicopter.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)?<\/h3>\n<p>It is an armed force that protects India&#8217;s maritime interests and enforces maritime law, with jurisdiction over the territorial waters of India, including its contiguous zone and exclusive economic zone. It was formally established in 1978 by the Coast Guard Act, 1978 as an independent Armed force of India. It operates under the Ministry of Defence. The organization is headed by the Director General Indian Coast Guard (DGICG).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/defence\/eam-jaishankar-visits-indian-coast-guard-ship-samudra-paheredar-in-philippines\/articleshow\/108795787.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>EAM Jaishankar visits Indian Coast Guard ship Samudra Paheredar in Philippines<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICGS Samudra Paheredar is a specialised Pollution Control Vessel (PCV) of the Indian Coast Guard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}