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Coastal Security Scenario Raigad Unit

Raigad district have 240 Kms. Of Arabian Coast Line out of which Raigad Policejurisdiction contained 175 Kms. direct Coast line. There are (1)Revas, (2)Salav,

(3)Rajpuri and (4)Bankot are major creeks in the district.

Raigad police jurisdiction contained 6 coastal police stations 1)Alibag, 2)Revdanda,3)Murud, 4)Shriwardhan, 5)Mandva coastal and 6)Dighi coastal out of which Mandva

and Dighi coastal Police station are newly created in the year 2005. 1) Pangloli-Mhasla,

2)Hareshwar-Shriwardhan and 3)Dadar-Pen are proposed coastal police station videPhase II.

There are 11 minor ports i.e 1)Revas, 2)Mandva, 3)Alibag, 4)Revdanda, 5)Borli Mandla,

6)Nandgaon, 7)Murud, 8)Rajpuri, 9)Dighi, 10)Shirwardhan, 11)Mandad in the district.

Amongst which 3 are on the way of becoming major ports i.e. 1)Dighi,2)Revdanda(Ispat), 3)Dharamtar.

There are 24 jetties out of which 3 are private jetties i.e. 1)Dolvi-Nippon, 2)Dharmtar-

PNP, 3)Revdanda-Ispat. Also there is 26 landing points and 34 fishing boats landing

points.Total coastal villages in the district are 55 and 56 villages are on creekside having

69,304 population of fishermen (Total Fishermen families 11620). Out of which30,044/- are actual fishermen. Jurisdiction contained 41 Fishermen Co-op-societies.

There are 4,943 fishing boats in the district, out of which 3444 are mechanical boats and

1499 are conventional boats.

To vigil on this vast coast line of Raigad police jurisdiction, there are 12 checkpost i.e1)Dharamtar, 2)Pezari, 3)Salav, 4)Shighre, 5)Khari, 6)Tambadi, 7)Indapur, 8)Ambet,

9)Sai-Phata, 10)Kole, 11)Shirgaon, 12)Mandad. All checkpost are equipped with fire

arms and ammunition with 1 Police officer and 4 men around clock with sand banker &shelter facility.

Raigad have 4 watch towers i.e 1)Dighi, 2)Shekhadi, 3)Salav, 4)Revas to vigil on coastline area equipped with arms and ammunition with 2 men each around the clock.

Off shore patrolling are carried with 6 police jeep containing 1 Police Officer & 3 Men

equipped with arms and ammunition and with 16 Motor Cycles having two men eachequipped with arms and ammunition.

Joint Sea patrolling with Navy, Custom and police are carried out with 8 boats out of

which 2 are police speed boats and 6 are rental, having 1 police officer, 1 Navy Officer, 2

Custom Officer, 4 police men & equipped with arms and ammunition.With keeping in mind the concept of Fishermen and coastal villagers are Eyes and Ear

of Coastal Security this district formed Sagar Rakshak Dal for Coastal surveillance.

Now there are total 188 Sagar Rakshak Dal with 2337 active member. All members ofSagar Rakshak Dal are trained member with having periodical meetings with concerned

police station incharge and Sub-Divisional Police Officer. On receipt of any alert or

threat signal from any intelligence agencies, all Sagar Rakshak Dal members aresensetised through concerned police station.

Taking into consideration the recent threats and alerts Surprise and sudden Nakabandies

are organized on checkpost and by creating temporary barricades on coastal approach

road.


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