Aviation Security Force may replace CISF at airports

New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry is working on a proposal to form a new Aviation Security Force (ASF) to replace the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which currently guards airports across the country.
“The estimation of expenditure in creation of infrastructure for training the new force/recurring expenditure in creation of infrastructure for training the new force/recurring expenditure for maintenance of this force is being worked out. The average cost of the new ASF is likely to be much less than the cost on CISF, presently deployed at 59 airports in the country,” civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said in Parliament.
01/09/12 Indian Express

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Categories: airports Sep 2012, Safety Sep 2012