Nagpur airport security plan put up for nod

Nagpur: An exhaustive draft security programme and contingency plan for Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International (DAI) Airport has been put up for approval.
Following the directive of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Airports Authority of India (AAI), the 500-page draft proposal has been prepared under the supervision of chief airport security officer, CASO. The draft-completed within a span of around 90 days-was complied adhering to the standard and recommended practice (SARP) followed by the ICAO.
The airport security programme (ASP) of DAI, Nagpur, outlines the role and responsibility of each specific agency operational at airports across the nation so that airport, vital installations, properties, aircraft, passengers and public and operational facilities of the civil aviation are safeguard. ASP is basically prepared to meet the requirement of the civil aviation security programme. Airport controller is entrusted with the responsibility of enforcement of airport security plan.
Discussed in a recent meeting among other security issues, the ministry of civil aviation has proposed to ensure that all the airport authorities are ready with their specific security and contingency plan. Once approved by the Bureau of Civil Aviation security (BCAS) and Commissioner of Security, Civil Aviation (COSCA), the prepared guidelines would be mandatory for each and every agencies functional at the airports.
26/05/07 Times of India

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