The youngest force of Ministry of Defence Coast Guard opened a new region

 Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (North East) and co-located Station near  Kolkata, at a place  near to Kolkata air port ' New Town'  were formally commissioned by His Excellency, Shri MK Narayanan, the Governor of West Bengal at and impressive ceremony today. Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan, AVSM
NM Director General Indian Coast Guard and  some  of civilian and military dignitaries were present on the occasion.

            The fifth Regional Headquarters of the Coast Guard at Kolkata has been established in pursuance of the directives of the Cabinet Committee on Security.  The region itself was carved out from the Coast Guard Region (East) to strengthen coastal security and augment Coast Guard operations along the northern Bay of Bengal.  The region will exercise operational and administrative control over all Coast Guard assets in West
Bengal and Odisha and will have jurisdiction over 1.5 lakh sq kms of the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone, extending up to the Indo-Bangladesh

International Maritime Boundary Line.  The region will be further strengthened by basing additional ships and aircraft and commissioning of two Coast Guard Stations one each at Frazerganj and Gopalpur and one Coast Guard Air Enclave at Bhubaneswar in near future.

At present there are Coast Guard district at Haldia, West Bengal it was raised in 1983 and an air enclave at Kolkata air port.

 Smt. Padmini Narayanan Wife of Shri MK Narayanan, the Governor of West Bengal Naming of Establishment by Unveiling of Ceremonial Lifebuoy.

            In his address, His Excellency, Shri MK Narayanan, the Governor of West Bengal highlighted the need for a pro-active approach by all stakeholders involved in coastal and maritime security to achieve the common goal of national security.  He stated that post 26/11, numerous measures have been initiated by the Government of India for enhancing coastal and maritime security and specific responsibilities have been assigned to the Indian Navy and Coast Guard towards this.  He further stated that with the setting up of Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (North-East), coordination among all stakeholders involved in Coastal Security in West Bengal and Odisha will get further streamlined and enable them to work in a synergized
manner for the protection of the sea areas off the coast of West Bengal and Odisha. He expressed his happyness seeing the progress of the development in this coastal security. He also stressed for more on technology and information collection on coastal security.

            The Coast Guard Region (North-East) is headed by Inspector General KC Pande, TM and the Coast Guard Station Kolkata is commanded by Commandant GS Ralhi, TM.

Most of the patrol vessel of Coast Guard are built by the Garden Reach Ship Builders of Kolkata

A special cover on this occasion was released by the Sri M K Narayan Governor of West Bengal.



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Activities of a Civil Society

Civil society of India: The Young Explorers’ Institute for Social Service,

Initiation

A group of individuals used to gather every Sunday at the open ground of Salt Lake; they were Cubs, Scouts and Rovers, they used to learn to scout and to work for the betterment of their society. Initially there was a Scout group only; later on, a Guide group was also inducted. It was twenty years back, now those Cubs, Scouts and Rovers,  are quite grown-ups as most of them are today engaged in studying or working as young professionals.

           

            Building scientific temperament

         

Amateur Wireless activity is a scientific hobby, but for full-fledged operation, one should certainly pass out the examination to get the license, under Government of India, Ministry of Communication. Mr Sushanta De, who is a licensed operator and at the same time the Honorary. The Secretary of this organisation. He along with his group had previously organized World Wide Wireless Radio communication, for Scouts & Guides, which is known as “Jamboree on the air.” The Representative of this Institute taking  sessions at Administrative Training Institute, Government of West Bengal on the strengthening communication for  Disaster  Management

A wide range of programmes was organized by this society at Birla Industrial Technology Museum, Kolkata, Science Museum at Burdwan, Purulia and mobile exhibition at salt Lake, visits at various Radio Stations at Kolkata, Simla, Allahabad, Leh and Sylhet( Bangladesh. The programme on youth development, adventure, environment, volunteerism and international friendship were broadcasted.

           

            International brotherhood

For making international brotherhood this institute took initiative to know the  SAARC Countries, visited SAARC Secretariat, support was extended to the team who took up a SAARC Safari in 1995 by 3 motorcycles. SAARC PUBLICATIONS were handed over to Indian National library.

During January 2005, World Peace Congress held at Kolkata, it was organized by the International Society for Intercultural Studies and Research. The Department of Post, Government of India, released a special cover, the layout of the same was done by the young member, and this was arranged by this Institute.

            Gender equality

To know the serious problems and the darker side of our society, one of their member  participated in a National level competition on the hot burning topic,  ‘Do the boys and girls are having equal rights?’ organized by Unnati Features, a leading feature group of New Delhi and which was rightly supported by United Nations Population Fund. He won a merit award for his entry along with other 50 other students.

 Institute’s representative was invited to take part in the various programme, two of them are:

a)   French Expertise in an Indian context for urban  and industrial environment, this was held at Kolkata on March 2003,

b)   Consultation on National Water Policy: Problems and alternatives at Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, April 2003.

Environment awareness programmes

On their initiative, an audiovisual on Rain Water harvesting of Purulia was prepared in the Bengali language, this was included second National level film festival on wildlife and environment held in New Delhi.

The new threats by global warming and its subsequent effects is definitely a major concern for all of us; their representatives took part in two expeditions on river Ganga, starting from Maharajpur, Bihar to Behrampure (West Bengal), covered a distance of 190 km in just five days. In the next year another venture from Behrampure to Kolkata, a distance of 300 km. This time by rafts, both this expedition were organized by The Institute of Exploration Regional unit Behrampure.

·         An exhibition on Ganga was organized at State Central Library for mass awareness, it was a five days programme in which the subject was presented by visuals, prints, audiovisuals and performing arts. Such awareness programme was organized in various districts of South Bengal, this was mainly in educational institutes, museums, and libraries

·         A special tram was used for awareness generating among the citizens of Kolkata, the teachers, students and parents took part in this programme. They spread the message ‘peoples participation to protect the environment’.

·         Institute published a Bengali monthly, titled ‘Youth Forum’; it is mainly to promote volunteerism among the civil society.

·         Students of West Bengal Judicial Science, Vidyasagar University & Viswabhrati took part with this Institute for their practical works.

·         International Youth Day was organized at Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2006.

·         Six days joint programmes on the “Role of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, INA & East Asia’s countries for India’s freedom struggle.

·         Wall climbing training, awareness programmes for Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

·         Institute was financed by charity and grants from Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Department of Culture, Government of West Bengal, Department of Environment and West Bengal Pollution Control Board, private funding agency and individuals. The Income Tax authority has granted this Institute to accept the donation, which will be exempted under 80 G.

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