Maharashtra cabinet today approved a proposal to allot an additional 55 acre land in Thane district for the National Institute of Coastal Policing, being set up by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
The land is in addition to the 250 acre sanctioned earlier for setting up the institute.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan here. This was the first meeting of the cabinet after the code of conduct for Lok Sabha polls was relaxed.
The land would be leased to the Centre for 30 years by charging just Re 1. It would be binding on the Centre to complete construction of the institute within two years of the handing over of the land, an official said.
The institute would be required to train state police personnel and undertake measures to enhance the state coastal security, he said.
The proposed institute would offer training to police personnel from coastal police stations across the country.
Two years ago, Kerala's Home ministry had submitted an expression of interest to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, for setting up the institute in that state. Kerala had also identified spots in Kannur, Kozhikode and Kasargod for the proposed institute.
