India is all set to have its own automated ocean pollution observation system this year which will help keep a tab on ocean pollution levels.<br/><br/>According to Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) director SSC Shenoi, the system, estimated to cost 100 crore rupees, will become functional by April this year. He added that the new system will be foolproof. <br/><br/>The project will begin once it gets a final nod from the government. INCOIS is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. Mr Shenoi said that the new ocean data acquisition system will do away with the present practice of collecting water samples from sea and studying their pollution levels thereafter.<br/>'<br/>Mr Shenoi said it will help in monitoring the pollution level of the ocean water and the impact of climate change. It will also provide data that will help scientists to understand how the marine system is changing. <br/><br/>Mr Shenoi said sensor-equipped buoys will be placed in six coastal areas of the country. The sensors, placed at the bottom of the buoys, will be attached to the sea bed so that they are not washed away.<br/><br/>The moored ocean buoys will be placed in coastal areas of Digha (West Bengal), Goa, Mumbai, Kochi, Vishakapatanam and Chennai, he said.