Coast Guard and Navy on alert mode in Maharashtra, says Devendra Fadnavis

Amid rising IndiaPakistan tensions Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the police Coast Guard and Navy are on alert mode in the state and all SoPs Standard Operating Procedures are being followed reported news agency PTITalking to reporters in Mumbai Fadnavis said a review meeting to take stock of the states internal security will be held later in the dayMumbai In response to growing tensions between India and Pakistan Mumbai Police has heightened security along coastal areas People at Dadar Chowpatty are being asked to leave the coastline for safety reasons pictwittercomBiE44waIPpmdash IANS ians_india May 9 2025He was responding to a query on the steps being taken to protect the states coastline a day after Pakistans attempts to target Indian military installations were repelledPolice Navy and Coast Guard are on alert mode Regular exercises are being undertaken and whatever steps are needed to be taken as per the war book are being taken care of A review meeting on internal security will be convened later in the day We are on alert mode he said reported PTIThe Indian armed forces on early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK and Pakistan under Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 livesIndia on Thursday night neutralised Pakistan militarys attempt to hit military stations in Jammu Pathankot Udhampur and some other locations with missiles and dronesTensions have escalated after Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and PoK including the JaisheMohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and LashkareTaibas base in Muridke in retaliation for the Pahalgam attackEarlier today Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conducted a review of the countrys current security situation at South Block which houses the Ministry of Defence in the national capital in the aftermath of the foiled largescale drone strike by PakistanThe Defence Minister was accompanied by the military top brass and senior officials including Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh and Defence Secretary RK SinghMeanwhile the Indian Army during the intervening night of May 8 and May 9 successfully repelled and responded to multiple drone attacks by Pakistan along the western border and the Line of Control LoC in Jammu and KashmirPakistan Armed Forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along the entire Western Border on the intervening night of 08 and 09 May 2025 Pak troops also resorted to numerous ceasefire violations CFVs along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir The drone attacks were effectively repulsed and a befitting reply was given to the CFVs Indian Army remains committed to safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Nation All nefarious designs will be responded to with force the Indian Army saidWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params