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He was speaking at the valedictory function of the two-day conference on ‘Coastal Security: Challenges and concerns’ at Mangalore University on Saturday. more-inThe Coastal Security Police (CSP) and the local police should interact more with fishermen to understand the activities along the 320-km-long Karnataka coastline, said Additional Director-General of Police (Recruitment) and former Home Secretary Raghavendra H.
Auradkar on Saturday. “The fishing community should get a sense of belonging,” he said, also urging college students to sensitise fishermen about security agencies. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in its report, has mentioned lack of manpower and poor intelligence gathering as among the four issues plaguing the unit. Mr.
Auradkar said that by interacting with fishermen, the police will know the “in and out” of activities on and off the coast..