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Bhaskar Rao, Additional Director-General of Police (KSRP), speaking at a conference on Coastal Security: Challenges and Concerns, at Mangalore University on Friday. more-inBhaskar Rao, Additional Director–General of Police (KSRP), on Friday said a dedicated force on the lines of Central Industrial Security Force was the need of the hour for coastal security, not just for Karnataka, but for the entire country. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day National Conference on Coastal Security: Challenges and Concerns organised by Mangalore Uiversity in association with Institute for Contemporary Studies Bangalore, here. Meanwhile, Karnataka has asked the Centre to sanction one more India Reserve Battalion to be raised at Murdeshwar in Uttara Kannada district exclusively for coastal security, Mr.
Rao said. Mr.
Rao, who earlier was the Inspector General of Police (Internal Security) for about three years, said personnel of Karnataka Coastal Security Police (CSP) were drawn from regular civil police who do not have much exposure to the maritime environment..