Porbandar: Headquarters, No.1 Coast Guard District (South Gujarat, Daman & Diu), conducted an Area Level Pollution Response Seminar and Workshop followed by a Mock Drill on Wednesday at Porbandar.  It aimed at revalidating the response mechanism and SOPs for combating marine oil spills and enabling Indian Coast Guard to fine-tune the area Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan.

The event was witnessed by various stakeholders from State Administration, GMB port, private ports, Fisheries, Forest department, Petrochemical industries and other oil handling agencies.

During the Mock Drill, a practical demonstration of pollution response equipment was carried out onboard ICGS Samudra Pavak which included operation of Ocean/River booms, Side Sweeping Arms, Skimmers and Spill Spray Arm along with its capability in containment, recovery, and stowage of oil spill. DeshGujarat