Defence Secretary inaugurates two-day National Level Pollution Response Exercise of Indian Coast Guard off Mormugao harbour, Goa

What is the News?

Defence Secretary has inaugurated the 8th edition of the two-day National Level Pollution Response Exercise, ‘NATPOLREX-VIII’.

What is Exercise NATPOLREX?

Conducted by: Indian Coast Guard(ICG).

Purpose: It is a marine spill preparedness exercise.

Objective: To enhance the preparedness and response capability of all the stakeholders in combating marine spills.

– To validate the procedures and guidelines as contained in the National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) at the national and regional levels under the aegis of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme(SACEP).

During the exercise, various components of NOSDCP were invoked to validate and improve the contingency plans and evaluate the preparedness of the resource agencies as well as stakeholders to meet any marine spill disaster at sea.

Source: This post is based on the article “Defence Secretary inaugurates two-day National Level Pollution Response Exercise of Indian Coast Guard off Mormugao harbour, Goa” published in PIB on 19th April 2022.