The governments of Odisha and West Bengal organised a joint security exercise named as 'Sagar Kavach'.
It is conducted to further tighten the existing coastal security mechanism along the 630 km long coastline.
Sagar Kavach security exercise is a realistic drill to check the efficacy of the security parameters and preparedness of various security forces.
In the exercise, they had organised simulated terror attack named ‘red force’ at random place along Odisha or West Bengal coast to check effectiveness of marine policing.