Coast Guard Director General S. Paramesh on Saturday described the long-pending proposal for an air enclave for the maritime law enforcement agency in Thiruvananthapuram as a “work in progress.”
Once all the approvals are secured and it gets commissioned, the enclave will give a fillip to the Coast Guard’s charter of duties including search and rescue (SAR) operations in the southern region, he said. According to him, the enclave will permanently station helicopters, considerably enhancing operational preparedness and response to emergencies out at sea. “Fixed-wing aircraft can come here on detachment and operate from here,” the Flag Officer told The Hindu on Saturday after inaugurating a new, 76.7-m-long jetty for Coast Guard vessels at Vizhinjam.
