Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/one-week-after-attack-india-evaluates-security-pakistans-role Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript One week after terrorists waged a deadly siege on Mumbai, India's navy and coastguard have yet to make security improvements along India's coastlines. Simon Marks reports from Mumbai on remaining vulnerabilities and events during a high profile visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. SIMON MARKS, NewsHour Special Correspondent: It's been one week to the day since 10 terrorists sailed into Indian waters at the start of a journey that would bring murder to the streets of Mumbai.After commandeering a fishing trawler a touch larger than the one we rented today, they allegedly murdered the captain and then made landfall in a handful of rubber dinghies.One week on, the Indian authorities have now revealed that the terrorists were briefly stopped on their journey through Indian waters by the coast guard for a routine check of paperwork. But as the fishermen who took us out today confirmed, coast guard checks here are few and far between and invariably cursory in nature. KAMLAGAR MATRI, Fisherman (through translator): I don't remember the last time we were checked. Sometimes it happens. Occasionally the coast guards come to see what's happening on the boats. SIMON MARKS: The coast guard and the Indian navy have an enormous task to accomplish. The navy is responsible for patrolling two million square miles of ocean. And in these waters alone, more than 50,000 fishing trawlers ply the seas each day; they're the economic lifeblood of coastal communities.The head of the Indian navy has now admitted that systemic failures allowed the terrorists to slip into these waters and onto Indian soil. What frightens so many people in Mumbai now is that, one week on, the coastline remains highly vulnerable, and effective security is still a distant goal.Rear Admiral Mahindra Pal Taneja retired from the Indian navy two-and-a-half years ago after 36 years of service. He says securing the coastline will always be a huge geo-strategic challenge.REAR ADM. M.P. TANEJA (Ret.), Indian Navy: If you realize what is the expanse of the sea, it's huge. It's massive. If you've been to sea yourself, you will realize that it's absolutely something which is hard to control. You can't have so many vessels that they will check out each ship, each boat, anything that flies on the water.