Chennai: A total of 214 students boarded the Coast Guard ships ICGS Sagar and 420 children embarked on ICGS Shaurya 5 and 6 February as part of Coast Guard Week celebration on the occasion of 43rd Raising Day of Indian Coast Guard that fell on 1 February.
During the visit, students who came from various schools were taken for a walk around the ship. The officers enlightened them with key points, specialties and functions of every part of the ships. Photo board, types of display equipment, armaments and how Coast Guard deals with threats like fire, insurgency were demonstrated to the children on the helo deck.