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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 06.55 GMT |
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Chinese help
for Hambantota port no security threat -
Indian Navy |
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The Indian Navy yesterday (29 March) said it did not see any security threat to the country in the Chinese involvement in building Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka.
"Building the port in Sri Lanka will not hamper our security. India is too vast for that," quoting the Southern Naval Command's Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral KN Sunshil, India’s Daily News & Analysis (DNA) reported.
For the time being, the Chinese were providing the technology for building the port and it would be used as a freight hubbing centre, Sushil pointed out.
He further said after the Mumbai attack, the Centre had come out with a coastal security plan involving the Navy, the Coast Guards, the local police and even fishermen, reported DNA.
"The idea is defence in-depth. This means, formation of several layers of defence so that if one layer misses the enemy, there will be others to intercept him," he said.
He said that involving the fishermen in the coastal security system was yielding results and they were now playing an important role in surveillance, the report added.
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