35 years of service for the National Coast Guard. A record of action nourished with positive results for the maritime surveillance troops, which have succeeded one another. The Commissioner of Police, Anil Kumar Dip, invited to a parade at the National Coast Guard Training Centre, spoke of a strong signal to offenders at sea armed with patrols of vessels or in the air day and night. The acquisition of ships and aircraft, and the provision of high-performance technology will also strengthen the ranks of the NCG.
The acquisition of ships, aircraft and technology to strengthen this unit. All of this demonstrates a commitment to the unit. We seek to provide comprehensive maritime safety and security in the maritime areas of the Republic of Mauritius by exploiting the full capacity of our assets on sea, land and air and by realizing the potential of our well-trained personnel by judicious utilization of the resources at our disposal for sustenance, maintenance and growth, thereby ensuring a safer environment. Maintenance and growth thus ensure a safer EEZ.
For 35 years of operations, according to Sgt. Viswarnath Virah Sawmy, the NCG has conducted operations far from our shores that the public does not realize. Operations far from our lands, drug seizures, illegal fishing, against all odds and in discipline. We work a lot on information from members of the public. It asks for the cooperation of the public, which can use the hotline 177
Vipin Gupta, the commander of the National Coast Guard, talks about the coordinated and intelligence-based operations and the work of the active intelligence cell, our ships. We want to thank the Prime Minister for his vision and foresight in acquiring the equipment and human resources at our disposal.
According to Commissioner Anil Kumar Dip, we have new challenges like marine pollution, drug trafficking, human trafficking and looting. To control all this, we have equipment like the new Dornier, and boats. It is not easy to cover our exclusive economic zone, we rely on regional and international cooperation. Faced with these challenges, we are proactive in our approach. We have set up a Maritime Intelligence Cell, which is already bearing fruit, for example seizures.
Mauritius and its outlying islands have an EEZ of about 1.8 million square kilometers (the area of Mauritius is only 1865 square kilometers), which is much larger than that of some large countries. As custodian of the maritime assets, the NCG has a heavy responsibility to safeguard the enormous marine wealth and provide assistance to all the nation’s seafarers. The NCG, though a young branch of the Mauritian Police Force, is growing steadily.
The National Coast Guard is a specialized branch of the Mauritius Police Force, placed under the authority of the Commissioner of Police. It was previously known as the marine wing of the police force when the Mauritian Navy ship Amar was acquired by Mauritius in 1974.
