Cellphone ban for Chennai airport workers

Chennai: Close on the heels of the arrest of a bus driver at the Chennai airport for his role in ephedrine smuggling bid onboard a Kuala Lumpur bound flight, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is all set to crack the whip on the contract workers employed at the airport.
?As part of the measures, contract labourers will not be allowed to carry mobile phones into the terminal or their place of duty on the airport premises.
They will also be subjected to “control of movement” by the Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) personnel while on duty. “The workers will be barred from using mobile phones while at work,” informed Airport Director E P Hareendranathan in a press statement.
Admitting that the “monitoring of contract workers was not up to the mark”, the AAI statement said a massive drive will be launched to check the background of the contract workers employed in the operational area.
The AAI also admitted to the security lapse in the case of the driver, employed by the Jet Airways through a sub-contractor.
19/11/11 New Indian Express/IBN Live

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