Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has said the BJP government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is according the highest priority to coastal security in the country.<br />''<br />''He was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of the permanent campus of the National Academy of Coastal Policing at Okha in Dwaraka yesterday. Mr. Shah said the academy will provide training facilities to more than three thousand security personnel in a year.<br />''<br />''The Minister said the Union government has left no stone unturned to ensure the development of border areas and the well-being of security personnel. Mr. Shah said if the borders are not secure then there is no scope for development in the inland area of the country.<br />''<br />''The National Academy of Coastal Policing, the country's first national academy was established in 2018 to provide intensive training to the marine police of nine coastal states, five Union Territories as well as the Central Police Forces.<br />''<br />''During the function, the Home Minister also virtually inaugurated five coastal outposts of BSF located at the Jakhau coast of the Kutch district.<br />