Coast Guard Academy may be set up in Andhra Pradesh

Updated on: Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Government is thinking of setting up a Coast Guard Academy, said Union Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju here.   
Raju, who was here to attend several local functions, said that there was a proposal to establish a Coast Guard Academy, and Nizampatnam village in Guntur district of the state was being considered as a possible location.
   
He also said a 3-tier security system was in place to guard the 7500 km long coastline of the country.

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