Delhi airport perimeter security to go hi-tech

New Delhi: After the latest trespass involving a teenage boy who was found strolling below a parked aircraft, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport is making its security hi-tech following a series of incidents in recent months that set alarm bells ringing.
"We are planning a four-layer perimeter intrusion detection system for the Indira Gandhi International Airport. This system can very effectively track any kind of intrusion into the airport by giving an alarm," Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) spokesman Arun Arora told IANS. The disclosure comes in the wake of detection of a teen-aged boy sitting on the valley (wheels) of a parked aircraft Saturday midnight. His trespass into the airport went totally unnoticed. "The system will have taut wires, buried cables, closed circuit television cameras and radars. It would be functional in any kind of weather," Arora said.
Companies of international stature have been invited to participate in a tender and the security mechanism would be made functional before the completion of the new terminal at the airport by 2010, Arora added. He, however, refused to elaborate on the proposed security system.
03/03/08 IANS/Sify

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Categories: Airports Mar 2008, Safety Mar 2008