This document provides information about coastal security in Tamil Nadu, India. It outlines that Tamil Nadu has a 1076 km coastline across 13 coastal districts, which is patrolled and secured by various agencies like the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, and Tamil Nadu Coastal Security Group (CSG). The CSG was formed in 1994 and operates across 12 marine police stations and checkpoints along the coast. It uses boats and patrols to monitor for smuggling and security threats up to 12 nautical miles from shore. The CSG control room operates 24/7 to respond to distress calls on its toll-free number.

1. COASTAL SECURITY
GROUP

2. Sl.No.
NAME OF COASTAL STATES / UTs
1 GUJARAT
2 MAHARASHTRA
3 GOA
4 KARNATAKA
5 KERALA
6 TAMIL NADU
7 ANDHRA PRADESH
8 ODISHA
9 WEST BENGAL
10 PUDUCHERRY
11 LAKSHADWEEP
12 DAMAN & DIU
13 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

3. What is Coastal Security?
Securing land border
Securing Tamil Nadu Coast line -
1076 kms
To challenge threats to Tamil Nadu
Coast

4. What is Coast line?
Tamil Nadu Coast line – 1076 kms
591 fishing villages
13 Coastal Districts.

5. Why Coastal Security needed?
To secure land border
To Patrol the Coast Line by
sea water
To Monitor the Fisher folk
activities

6. After Mumbai attack (2008)
To fill up the wider gap in the
coastal security , the central
government intensified
coastal security schemes
which are being
implemented.

7. What Navy and Indian Coast
Guard ?
Navy : central security force –
with vast jurisdiction in the sea
beyond IMBL solely responsible
for coastal security
ICG : Central Security force
which is a supporting Agency for
coastal security.

8. Tamil Nadu Coastline – Jurisdiction

9. Who is over all responsible for
coastal security ?
Navy Role :- Indian Navy is over all
responsible for coastal security. Navy
has vast jurisdiction in the sea – beyond
IMBL.
Indian Coast Guard Role:- It is also a
central security force which supports
patrolling in the sea beyond 12 Nm also
responsible for coastal Security.

10. Coastal Security Group -
Role
CSG is also responsible for
Coastal Security from the
Land Border upto 12 Nm –
operational responsibility is
5 Nm.
ICG and CSG are the
Coordinating Agencies to
Indian Navy.

11. Formation of Coastal Security Group –
When ?
Tamil Nadu Government
Formed Coastal Security Group
in the year 1994,with the prime
object of prevention of
Smuggling of essential
Commodities.

13. Objectives:
1) Prevention of Smuggling of essential
Commodities Such as Fuel , medicines
etc.
2) Prevention of intrusion of militants by
sea.
3) Prevention of collusion between
fishermen, militants and to attend
fishermen problems.

14. Functions:
1) Prevention of Smuggling of essential Commodities
Such as Fuel, medicines etc.
2) Prevention of intrusion of militants by sea.
3) Prevention of collusion between fishermen's militants
and to
attend fishermen problems.
4) Sea patrolling.
5) Management of MPS, OPs, Check post.
6) Undertake cycle, foot patrols.
7) Conduct VVC Meeting
8) Gathering Intelligence.

15. Marine Police Station ?
Like Local Police
Station,12 MPS are
located on the shore line
to undertake Marine
Policing.

16. MARINE POLICE STATIONS - Phase -I
S.No. District Name of the MPS
1.
Nagapattinam
Nagapattinam
2. Keelaiyur
3. Vedaranyam
4.
Thanjavur
Adhirampattinam
5.
Sethubavachathira
m
6.
Pudukottai
Manamelkudi
7. Tirupunavasal
8.
Ramnad
Devipattinam
9. Mandapam
10. Tuticorin Tharuvaikulam
11. Tirunelveli Koodankulam
12. Kanyakumari Colachel
1
2
4 3
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

17. List of MPS – Phase I
1. NAGAPATTINAM
2. KEELAIYUR
3. VEDARANYAM
4. ADIRAMAPATTINAM
5.SETHUBAVACHATIRAM
6.MANALMELKUDI
7. THIRUPUNAVASAL
8.DEVIPATTINAM
9.MANDAPAM
10. THARUVAIKULAM
11. KOODANKULAM
12. COLOCHEL

18. CHECK POSTS in 1994
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
52
53
51
54
55
57
58
24
25
26
27
28
29
31 30
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
4546
47
49 48
50
56
58
59
60

19. MPS

20. TN COAST LINE MAP

21. CHECK POSTS

22. LOCATION of MARINE POLICE STATIONS IN THE DISTRICTS
(PHASE-II)
3
1
2
4
5
6
8 7
9
10
11
24
30
15
19
18 17
16
20
21
22
25 23
26
27
28
29
12
13
14

23. How Check Post Manned ?
Manned by TSP.

24. Fast Interceptor Boats
1) 12 Tonne
2) 5 Tonne
3) RIB
4) Gemini

25. 12 Tonne

26. 5 Tonne

27. Gemini

28. RIB – RIGID INFLATABLE BOAT

29. Jet Ski – Water Scooter

31. How Boats are Operated ?
12 T …… 2 crew + 5
Guards
5 T …… 2 crew + 5
Guards

32. Crew ?
Crew - Technical Boat
Staff . [S.I or HC] TBS

33. What are the Equipments Needed to
Board in CSG -Boats ?
Life saving equipments
1) Life Jackets.
2) Life buoy
3) Life Wraft
4)Life Boat
5) Tubes
6) Tyre

34. What are the Jurisdiction of CSG?
Upto What NM 12T/5T can
Operated?
12 NM in the sea.
5 NM – Operational
Jurisdiction.

35. Operation Barricade - July 2009
Operation Rakshak – Dec-09
Operation Hamla - August - 2010
Operation Hamla-I June -2011
Operation Hamla-II March -2012
Operation Hamla-III December-2012
Operation Hamla-I June-2013

36. What are all the cases
Registered?
1. IPC cases – any incidents
took place in the sea within the
Jurisdiction.
174 Crpc cases, missing of
boats & men in the sea.
Detection of sea produce –
smuggled items.i.e Sea horse,
Sea Cucumber other sea
banned items.

37. How VVC Meetings conducted?
Unit officers/MPS SI has to
visit the village at least once
in a week and gather
volunteers and conduct VVC
meetings & Sports, conduct
awareness camps etc.

38. VVC MEETING

39. Cycle Patrols?
Each MPS has been issued
with 10 bicycles – by which men
visit the villages & gather
intelligence maintain rapport
with the fishing villages.

40. Foot patrols?
Men are issued with beat
tickets – to visit the fishing
villages and to interact
with village headmen &
informants and gather
intelligence.

41. What are all the fishermen problems
at present?
Crossing IMBL.
Using Double folded fishing Nets.
Using explosives for fishing (jeletine)etc.
(explain the impact).
Damaging the fishing nets of others.
Entering into No- fishing zone.

42. KKNPP

43. Coastal Security in :-
- Preservation of Marine
Ecology
- Protections of Endangered
Marie animals.

44. CSG – Control Room.
Manned by trained TSP
men. ( 3 shifts * 2
operators)

45. Toll free No.1093
All the 24 hrs connected with
other cell phone companies
including BSNL manned at CSG
Control. Any distress calls will
be receive and action initiated
inevitably.