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The Navy is ready to meet the threat posed to the Western coast by Cyclone Nilofar, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan has said.
He was speaking to the media here after launching the sapling plantation drive in the Eastern Naval Command on Wednesday. Admiral Dhowan said the Western Naval Command was taking all precautions to secure its assets. The Indian Navy along with the Coast Guard was also working to ensure the safety of fishermen.
He said the Navy could ensure that no floating assets were damaged by Hudhud that hit the city two weeks ago by taking all precautions. Appreciating the pace of the restoration work at the ENC, he said the efforts of officers and sailors were responsible for making the Visakhapatnam Airport, under the Navy's jurisdiction, operational in such quick time. He said the Navy did not foresee any threat from natural calamities to the Naval Alternate Operational Base coming up near here as a proper study of the threat perception from climate and other sources had been conducted before the project was taken up.
He said the repairs and restoration of the properties in the ENC here would be taken up on the basis of prioritisation. The International Fleet Review scheduled to be held here in February 2016 would be hosted by the ENC, he added.
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