7 years after 26/11, face of coastal security: 8 bamboo poles, 2 cops, 1 aluminium roof

November 26, 2015 08:55

The only blemish on the horizon if you drive southward on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and look to the left at the open sea is a shack on an outcrop of rock before land gives way to water.

Nothing sets it apart from the average Mumbai tenement but for the khaki police shirts suspended on hangars from the low roof. This is a coastal police outpost, one of the many that watch over Mumbai's shores. The eight bamboo poles that hold the station upright and the aluminium sheets covering it were sourced with help from local fishermen, and the leftovers from the sea link's construction provided stones to reinforce the structure.

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