in such a scenario the state government could float global tenders but that again requires too many clearances of these 10 we use only eight boats for patrolling equipment bulletproof jackets 500 ak47s 250 mp5 submachine guns nightvision devices better helmets walkietalkies 12 new speedboats two leased helicopters insas rifles and 100 barricades at the helm official of the rank of additional commissioner of police reporting directly to the police commissionertraining on wednesday home minister jayant patil announced the purchase of 24 new speed boats for mumbai and the coastal districts of thane alibag ratnagiri and sindhudurg but the port police is clueless on what kind of boats to buy and who will man them it is quite sad that the government had rs 53 crore to buy a second plane for the thenchief minister vilasrao deshmukh but did not have a few crores for the boats the ias official saidone for the forcelfunds government has sanctioned rs 5 crore to set up an nsglike commando team called force 1lcommandos core team of 142 of which 60 will be short service commission officers from the indian army for which approval of the maharashtra public service commission will be sought we have trawlers and smaller boats a senior ias officer in the state government pointed out that ips officer v n deshmukh had prepared a detailed report for coastal security in 2005 he had suggested buying of boats interceptors construction of helipads setting up of coastal police stations and cultivating fishermen as informers by the national security guards at manesar for now deputy commissioner of ports m t kohe said the department plans to hire 12 speedboats but this was put in cold storage and the government woke up from its slumber only after the terrorrists struck mumbai commandos will also be drawn from state police and state reserve police of the other two one is under repair and one is always kept on standby for vvips kohe informed mumbai a senior police officer said because of the existing orders palced by the union home department with goa shipyard and garden reach it will be difficult for them to make the kind of boats that patil wants any time soon gardenreach shipbuilders and engineers private limited kolkata has taken a similar order for supply of boats to the eastern states sources said mumbai polices port wing has 10 boats which are much slower than most boats including the dinghy used by terrorists since the concept of speedboats and interceptors is new to us we had a meeting with coast guard officials to know what kind of boats we must purchase but it will take a long time before we buy them as none of the manufacturers have any readymade ones kohe told toi domestic manufacturers have their hands full and importing the boats is also likely to be a timeconsuming affair goa shipyard limited has taken an order from the union ministry of home affairs for supplying speedboats and interceptors to