Nine out of 10 passengers flying out of Calcutta for the first time realise after standing in the check-in queue that there's another to be negotiated before that - to get luggage scanned by an X-ray machine.
Calcutta and Chennai are the only two among the six major cities in the country that still function with separate X-ray counters, instead of the inline system of scanning luggage at the check-in counter.
The airports in both Calcutta and Chennai are state-run, whereas the ones in the other four metros - Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad - that have long introduced the inline facility are run by private bodies.
Inline baggage scanning, a basic facility at almost every modern airport, eludes the Calcutta facility despite two key machines having been bought and installed in 2004-05.
09/06/15 sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph
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Calcutta and Chennai are the only two among the six major cities in the country that still function with separate X-ray counters, instead of the inline system of scanning luggage at the check-in counter.
The airports in both Calcutta and Chennai are state-run, whereas the ones in the other four metros - Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad - that have long introduced the inline facility are run by private bodies.
Inline baggage scanning, a basic facility at almost every modern airport, eludes the Calcutta facility despite two key machines having been bought and installed in 2004-05.
09/06/15 sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph
