The project is based on the recommendations made by the group of ministers on reforming the national security system, post-Kargil conflict. The static sensors are aimed at proving real time surveillance cover along the coastline.
Twenty-one sites of the Vessel Traffic Management system (VTMS) Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Khambat would also be integrated, the Vice Admiral said.
On completion of phase I, the second phase of the project would be taken up, he said, inaugurating the Remote Operating station of Coastal Radar chain of Kerala.
A total of 46 remote Radar stations are envisaged in Phase I, of which 36 are in the mainland, six in Lakshadweep and rest in Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Four such remote stations, located at Mount Dilli in Kannur Ponnani in Mallapuram, Vypin in Ernakulam and Quilon in Kollam district, comprise the Kerala cluster which was dedicated to the nation today.
The remote stations of the islands will be completed by March next.
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The cluster also includes one Remote Operating station located at Coast Guard district headquarters at nearby Fort Kochi which was commissioned today. The station at Kochi will enhance electronic surveillance of coastal waters along the 590 km long stretch of the state's coastal district, he said.
During phase II, the Static Radars Chain is also proposed to be supplemented by eight Mobile Surveillance systems. Upon integration of Phase I and Phase II, the chain of static sensors would provide near gap free electronic surveillance of the entire Indian coastline up to 25 nautical miles from the coast, he said.
The contract of the project was given to Bharat Electronics Ltd, Bangalore at a cost of Rs 601.75 crore with an implementation schedule of 12 months and 18 months for the mainland and the inland sites respectively.