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Interceptor boat launched

KOLLAM: As part of strengthening marine policing, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Thursday launched a high-speed interceptor boat of the Neendakara coastal police station.

The day and night surveillance and investigation boat built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) had arrived at the police station on July 17. The boat has been christened ‘KCP-Nethra.’

After the launch, Mr. Balakrishnan accompanied by Water Resources Minister N.K. Premachandran, Director General of Police Jacob Punnose, Inspector General of Police A. Hemachandran and Kollam District Superintendent of Police K. Sanjay Kumar went for a high-speed trial cruise into the sea in the interceptor boat.

According to Cyril Fernandez, structural engineer of GSL, the boat will not sink even if it is filled with water as it has 10 per cent reserve buoyancy. It can also operate in shallow waters. The boat has propulsion, power generation, ballistic protection, and other engineering and electrical systems to perform the functions for which it is designed.

The boat is fitted with two in-board engines of 500 HP each with water jet propulsion. It is provided with weather proof air-conditioned wheelhouse with bullet proof features for personal safety. The 13-metre-long boat is capable of operating at 35 knots on full load with an endurance of 75 nautical miles.

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