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India enhanced coastal security post 26/11 Mumbai terror attack

Multiple initiatives were set forth, including the National Committee for Coastal and Maritime Security in 2009, Steering Committee for Review of Coastal Security in 2013, and the State and District level Coastal Security Committees in 2016

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It has been 12 years since Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, supported and launched by Pakistan, perpetrated dastardly attacks on Mumbai. Over 166 Indian and foreign citizens were killed and 300 injured in the mayhem that lasted for four days.

While 1993 had witnessed explosives being landed by the sea route; the 2008 attack, saw terrorists hijacked a Gujarat-based fishing vessel -- Kuber -- and make their way ashore to Mumbai.

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