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On a mission: ADGP (Coastal Security) Jegan M. Seshadri (right) receiving members of an environmental awareness bike rally at Fort St. George, Chennai, on Friday. CHENNAI: A team of Indian Coast Guard personnel rode into the Fort St. George complex here on Friday on their mechanical horses appearing to have traded the sea for the road. But, that was not quite the truth. The eight-member team is on a mission to spread awareness of protection of marine and coastal environment and promote safety at sea. The road was only their mode. On December 11, the team set out from Kanyakumari on the motorbike trip as part of which they would cover the entire coast of Tamil Nadu and go up to Kolkata. Welcoming the team in Chennai, the Coast Guard DIG M. A. Thalha said the whole purpose of the road trip was to spread the word of environmental protection and safety amongst fisherfolk. “Lately the Coast Guard has been doing a good job and there have been hardly any mishaps at sea. However, we still need to plug a few gaps, this can only be done by creating awareness amongst the fisher communities,’ he said. Speaking at a felicitation ceremony, organised on their behalf, team leader Commandant M. Sakthivel said that the idea first mooted was to take out a car rally. “But then when the TVS bikes came along, we decided to go ahead with a bike rally. We started in Kanyakumari … will ride all the way to Kolkata and then return to Chennai,” he said, describing the trip as a fantastic experience. “The fishing community gave us its full support. We actually approached the people through their children for whom we had timetable sheets with snippets about the environment. We then gave out other pamphlets to the adults and talked to them. The interaction was great,” said Mr. Sakthivel. Additional Director-General Police (Coastal Security) Jegan M. Seshadri, who was the chief guest, congratulated the team. He said that he was happy that the team had decided on bikes instead of cars as bikes were more accessible to the people. Mr. Seshadri pointed out that it would have been better if the team had also coordinated with the coastal security and urged them to do so in the next leg of their journey. “The entire journey will cover about 4500 km. We plan to be back by December 28,” said a content-looking Commandant Sakthivel.
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