but the smart cards for fishermen operating along the coasts cannot be issued for now he said adding that the centre and the state government are still unsure of the database required for such cards the coastal security scheme formulated in 2004 was not really talked about till 2611 and the state home department issued a notification for setting up six coastal police stations that had been cleared by the centre in 200506 that is setting up an nsg squad complex near the airport another crucial meeting on police modernisation was also held the committee was set up at a meeting on coastal security attended by state home secretary ardhendu sen directorgeneral of police a b vohra viceadmiral nirmal verma of the eastern naval command and other officials at writers buildings on saturday the salient features of this upgrading process include enhancing the skills of security force personnel surveillance ammunition vehicles communication gadgets setting up a training college for combat battalion and procuring more equipment the home secretary said the state government has managed to spend the rs 40 crore disbursed by the centre last year for it the committee will submit a proposal for allocation of funds from the centre said sen adding that garden reach shipbuilders and engineers has already manufactured 12 intercepting vessels six of them big boats to help develop a coastal intelligence network at the january 6 meeting of chief ministers in delhi buddhadeb bhattacharjee had sought rs 255 crore for police modernisation from union home minister p chidambaram after the other meeting the home secretary announced that rs 107 crore will be disbursed in the next fiscal for the modernisation of police the proposal also includes strengthening of the special task force recently to handle any terror attack of this rs 80 crore will come from the centre so we have to make do with the identity cards for fishermen these are digha mohana talpatty ghat and haldibari in east midnapore fraserganj kishorimohanpur and hemnagar in south 24parganas he will visit delhi on monday to discuss another priority area the state government has set up a committee to implement the muchtouted coastal security scheme now a major area of concern after the mumbai terror attack