Saturday, February 25, 2017

Aviation brass in dark over 'no-stamp' baggage move

Kolkata: A day after the security watchdog of the Indian aviation industry announced the decision to do away with stamps on cabin baggage with immediate effect at seven major airports in the country, including Kolkata, authorities here are still in the dark over when the new norm will be implemented in the city.
Sources said the move may have run into rough weather with the CISF opposing its immediate implementation. Kolkata airport director Atul Dikshit confirmed the CISF team at Kolkata airport had not yet received the nod from its headquarters in Delhi on the guideline from Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
According to a security source, though the trial was successful, CISF is reluctant to roll out the new measure till it has worked out adequate surveillance measures to prevent any bag that is yet to be cleared from slipping out of the security check area. That includes human surveillance as well as CCTVs and smart cameras. "Such infrastructure deployment is not yet complete at all seven airports," the source said.
Dikshit though felt the rollout won't be a problem as Kolkata trials in December 2016 went off without a glitch."When implemented, it will reduce the time taken at security check and boarding gate," the director said.
25/02/17 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India

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