Sixth Indian Coast Guard recruitment centre to be opened at Doon in the near future

The director general of Indian Coast Rajendra Singh had handed a letter of confirmation to the chief minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat about setting up of Rs 42 crore worth of The sixth recruitment centre of Indian Coast Guard in Uttarakhand to help boost employment opportunities for the youths of the 19 year old himalayan state.

The  director general of Indian Coast Guard Rajendra Singh has handed over the letter of confirmation about setting the 6th recruitment centre at Kuanwala at Dehradun at the chief minister residence a day before.

As a sequal to prime minister Narendra Modi’s pledge about declaring Uttarakhand as the fifth Sanik Dham the opening of this recruitment centre of ICG at Kuanwala Dehradun is one of the key initiatives’ to fulfil his demand. The date for the laying of the foundation stone of the building on a five bighas sprawling area at Kuanwala has been fixed for 28th June in which the DG Coast Guard Rajendra Singh, the Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, his cabinet colleagues etc would be present. The completion work of the building will take 1.5 years.

This Indian Coast Guard Recruitment Centre will also accord employment opportuny for the candidates of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in addition to the recruits of Uttarakhand. The total expenditure to be incurred in the construction of the full fledged Indian Coast Guard Recruitment Centre would come around Rs. 25 crores.

Currently the Indian Coast Guard Recruitment centres are functioning  at Noida, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata. ICG DG Rajendra Singh while expressing his pleasure over the setting up of this new recruitment centre at Kuanwaa said that it would help get aspiring youths of Uttarakhand, HP, Haryana and UP employment in the near future. He revealed that Indian Coast Guard recruits 1500 youths every year and 16000 coast guard employees are guarding the coasts of our country.