Naval Exercise Prasthan

• The Indian Navy conducted Exercise Prasthan in the Offshore Development Area off Mumbai.

• The Indian Navy conducted the exercise along with other defence, state and civilian agencies.

• It is a biennial coordinated exercise. It is organized every six months.

• It is conducted to validate procedures for handling contingencies that may occur in oil production platforms.

• The current edition of the exercise was conducted on the Greatdrill shadow platform.

• The Greatdrill shadow platform is located approximately 30 nm southwest of Mumbai Harbour.