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India to step up surveillance

NEW DELHI: The Government on Tuesday decided to mobilise additional air assets and step up surveillance in the south.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting, chaired by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, sources said.

The hour-long meeting here was attended by Defence Minister A.K. Antony, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt, Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal F.H. Major and Chief of the Naval Staff Sureesh Mehta.

Naval vigil

The meeting also decided to intensify vigil by Naval warships deployed in the Indian Ocean, particularly using Airborne Early Warning aircraft.

PTI

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