The Chief of Staff–designate for the Eastern Naval Command Rear Admiral Sunil Lanba landed here at the Naval detachment premises housed in the Nagapattinam Port complex on Tuesday. The trip, a purported familiarisation exercise, also involved a visit to a potential site proposed for a future Naval base here in the district.
In a brief interaction with The Hindu , Rear Admiral Lanba stated that he was here on a ‘familiarisation tour' prior to his taking charge as the COS-Eastern Naval Command shortly. The COS-designate arrived here on a Naval chopper and interacted with the detachment officers, and other coastal security officials. Claud Lobo, Detachment Commander, Nagapattinam; A.K.Sharma, Detachment Commander, Thopputhurai were among the Naval officials present.
