Article Posted on : - Sep 30, 2012

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RAMESWARAM, TN (PTI): A communication centre jointly set up by the Army and Navy to help defence forces in monitoring the entire Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar and adjoining coastal areas was inaugurated here on Saturday.

Major General Hariappa, who is in-charge of communications, inaugurated the centre.

Navy Commander Sathyanarayana and Indian Coast Guard Commander of Mandapam station K K More were also present, officials said.

The centre would be in addition to the unmanned air surveillance facility of Indian Navy at Uchipuli near here where INS Parundu is located.

It would bring the entire south Tamil Nadu coast under the security ring of the three forces of the country.