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A co-ordinated exercise code-named ‘Prasthan’ was conducted by the Indian Navy and other defence, state and civil agencies in the Offshore Development Area (ODA) off Mumbai.
The exercise is conducted every six months to validate measures and procedures to address various contingencies that may arise in the oil production platforms.
The current exercise was conducted on Friday on R12A (Ratna) platform of ONGC, located about 45 nautical miles west of Mumbai harbour. The exercise commenced in the early hours and was conducted in two phases over the day, an India Navy spokesperson said. The first phase saw security emergencies such as attack by terrorists and bomb threat from IEDs.
Upon receiving information of the threat, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, based at Mumbai, who is also the Commander-in-Chief (Coastal Defence), West activated the requisite contingency plan.
