India Faces Complex Maritime Challenges Across 2.01 Million Sq Km EEZ

India Today

India's maritime security landscape covers 11,100 kilometres of coastline, 1,382 islands, and an Exclusive Economic Zone of 2.01 million square kilometres. Managing this vast area presents significant challenges amid evolving threats, including gray zone warfare, drug trafficking, illegal migration, and maritime terrorism. Unlike land borders, international regulations and the principle of freedom of navigation prevent sea borders from being fenced, making maritime routes naturally porous. In the wake of historical security breaches such as the 1993 Bombay bombings and the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, where sea routes were exploited for infiltration and smuggling, the Government of India has taken extensive steps to strengthen the Indian Coast Guard and enhance comprehensive coastal defence.

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00:00FHARAT Kİ SEMUDRI SURAKSHAKY BATKİ JAYE ARSAMUDRI SIMA'O Kİ BATKİ JAYE

00:04TAH AAPNE MENENE HEM SAB NE KITABO MEN PADHA THA

00:07LAGBHAG 7500 KILOMETER Kİ HEMARİ SEMUDRI SİMA HAI LAKIN

00:11AGAR AAP DG SAHAB SE POOCHHE THO AAPKKO BATAYINGE

00:1411100 KILOMETER Kİ HEMARİ SEMUDRI SİMA HAI

00:181382 TAPU HAI

00:20KARRIB 20-20 LAIK VARG KILOMETER KA EDUANSKA

00:24EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE HAI

00:26and Coast Guard is the year of the year of the year of the year

00:30and in such a way, what is the most important thing for you

00:35in the country?

00:37What is the most important thing in the country?

00:38Gaurav, first of all, I am very grateful for you

00:41for inviting me to invite you to show me.

00:44If you can see,

00:46today our Veshwik-Ka Samudri-Surakshah Paridrishy

00:51is very quickly changing.

00:56Paramparek Saini-Chunotiyon

00:58with Grey Zone,

01:01the Guadavidiyam,

01:03the Madaq-Padarthians,

01:04the Tatskari,

01:06the Avaid-Pravasan

01:07and the Samudri-Atenkwad

01:10such as the New-Chunotiyan

01:13are providing a new project for our Samudri-Surakshah-Adharnav

01:15to be a new project for us.

01:18So this is a very big challenge for us

01:22to keep our 2.01 million square kilometers of easy

01:27safe and secure.

01:29We have to say,

01:30to keep our 3.01 million square kilometers

01:35and the U.S.

01:36So, in 1993, Daud Ibrahim Kaskar has used a smuggling route, Pakistan, which has arrived in our country, 257 people

01:48were killed, and the new people were killed in Mumbai.

01:52In Mumbai, people were killed in Syria, and the 700 people were killed.

01:56This route was 15 years later, and then in 2016, in 2008, 166 people were killed.

02:04This route is smuggling, drugs, and terrorists.

02:13Do we have any improvement in this past year?

02:17First, first of all, can I tell you that ocean waves are porous.

02:26If you compare with landbroaders, the sea waves, then there will be a very distinct difference.

02:35That is, as we have landbroaders, are all fenced,

02:40and the international rules are prohibiting us that we can also fence our sea borders.

02:46Or it is impossible that we can also fence our sea borders.

02:50And as much as this is the freedom of navigation,

02:53all the ships and crafts that we have to use,

02:57they will do it.

02:59But, as you have told us,

03:01that in 1993 there was a bomb blast.

03:04After that, in 2008 there were a Mumbai terror attacks.

03:07After that, the British government had this statement

03:11that the country and the bharatian attraction had to improve the country.

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