CISF no to frisking of fliers at arrival

New Delhi: Amid huge concerns of security in the country, specially at key locations like airports, CISF officials said that the concourse security system, that entails checking of passengers when they alight at the terminal, would not be suitable for the Indian scenario. However, to minimise any form of risk, a pilot project had been initiated in Mumbai in which CISF was carrying out random checks at the terminal entry points.
The other major concern that CISF projected for the Delhi Airport was the delay in setting up the perimeter intrusion detection system (PIDS). PIDS was to have been installed by Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) last year but is still not in place. With the third runway now is use, the airport area grew significantly and PIDS was supposed to have provided a better security system to cover the increased area. Sources said that DIAL had promised to start work on the system by March but there were no signs of any work having begun. DIAL officials, however, clarified that the system would be in place latest by July.
IGI Airport faced 26 security threats in 2008. The need for a concourse system was felt after the IGI airport was rocked by a case of alleged shooting outside terminal-2 last year. A few weeks earlier, empty cartridge cases were found in a toilet at terminal-1A which also gave rise to the concern that armed people could gain an easy access into the airport due to absence of any checking at the entrance.
The concourse plan had to be discontinued as it led to massive chaos in the absence of the required infrastructure.
08/03/09 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Mar 2009, Safety Mar 2009