DGLL Pact with IALA
India's Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships (DGLL) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) on 11thAugust, 2016 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
With the signing of this MoA, the DGLL Training Centre at Kolkata will be in position to deliver a professional training course on the management of marine aids to navigation in line with IALA model course itself.
Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships (DGLL) is primarily responsible for providing “Aids to Navigation service” for safety of mariners in the Indian waters.
Apart from upgrading the skills and capacity of AtoN (Aids to Navigation) personnel in the country, this Training Centre would also attract AtoN personnel from SAARC countries and North Indian Ocean Region countries for training.
Photo: Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships