Sea rules, like road traffic, need monitoring and regulation
Around 2.30 pm on Wednesday, when Neel Kamal set off to sail from Gateway to Elephanta island, a popular tourist destination, it was business as usual for the boat operators. Without paying much heed to rules and regulations, they overbooked ferrying 110 passengers instead of 80 that is allowed by the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB). At 3.55 pm as the boat was nearing Karanja, a Navy craft undertaking sea trials lost control, on a collision course, it rammed into the ferry, capsizing it.
Just like the roads where the traffic is monitored and regulated, the sea too has its rules. Post the 26/11 attacks where terror visited Mumbai through seas, the coordination between the multiple maritime stakeholders has gotten better and no sea attack in the last 16 years bears testimony to the same.
While the Indian Navy is entrusted with the responsibility of both coastal and offshore security, it has an ill-defined authority over other maritime agencies like the marine police, port trusts, state maritime boards and others.
However in this case, it is the Indian Navy which requires to answers some tough and uncomfortable questions.
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