150 CISF personnel to guard Juhu Airport

New Delhi/Mumbai: More than 150 specially trained CISF personnel will guard the Juhu Airport, an important airbase for helicopter operations in Mumbai.
ONGC helicopters-- ferrying personnel to and from the Bombay high oil rig-- and those belonging to other private companies are a regular feature at this base which shares its boundary with the sea.
A contingent of 174 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel has been sanctioned by the Union Home Ministry recently and the deployment will take place soon.
The airport is sensitive and important as it handles all the major helicopter based sorties in Mumbai city and a threat assessment found it essential to be guarded by trained and equipped police personnel, sources said.
The CISF squad, to be headed by an Assistant Commandant rank official will soon place their communications and other infrastructure at the base, they said. The specially-trained personnel will carry weapons like AK-47s and INSAS rifles and will have a vehicle-borne Quick Reaction Team (QRT) to respond to any emergency.
05/01/11 MSN.com

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Categories: Airports Jan 2011