Kolkata Dec 23 PTI Director General of Indian Coast Guard Krishnaswamy Natarajan apprised officers on upcoming infrastructure development and international cooperation initiatives to counter evergrowing maritime challenges during a three-day visit to its regional headquarters here an official said on ThursdayNatarajan reviewed operations and infrastructural development projects of ICG he said The Flag Officer apprised officers and men of Indian Coast Guard on policy reviews upcoming development in terms of infrastructure augmentation of CG fleet and international cooperation initiatives the official said He said that to counter maritime challenges and act as an effective deterrence to nefarious elements the Coast Guard has during the past decade grown exponentially in terms of infrastructure and induction of new platformsIn this region it has commissioned and based one offshore patrol vessel at Paradip and one fast patrol vessel at Haldia last yearFour Advanced Light Helicopters ALH MK III have also been inducted and based at Bhubaneswar the official saidThe Coast Guard is heading for a major expansion to match growing demand in terms of maritime security safety and environment protection he addedNatarajan also called on West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday and briefed him on various operational facets and recent achievements of ICG especially in West Bengal PTI AMR RBT RBT

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 30 (ANI): The Indian Navy on Friday inducted two Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) MK III into its 321 Flight at the naval helicopter base INS Shikra in Mumbai.